From the top README.txt ------------------------------------------------------- NOT SUPPORTED: * FreeBSD * Arch Linux * Gentoo Linux * Microsoft Windows (via Visual Studio C++) * Microsoft Windows (via Cygwin)
We like all of the above operating systems, but just haven't had the time to make Sage work well on them. Help wanted! ------------------------------------------------------- Would it not be sensible to ask around on some FreeBSD/NetBSD mailing lists etc, and see if one could drum up enough support to start a port? I don't know much about the *BSD's, having never played with them for more than a few minutes, but I can't see why there should be any huge hurdles to overcome. Having a port to those would be one big plus over the Mathematica/MATLAB/Maple guys. Typing FreeBSD into Google I get 20 million hits. For NetBSD it is 7.9 million. For Solaris it is 40 million, but of course there is the film 'Solaris' and some other users. But the *BSDs seem popular enough to warrant at least some effort in getting a port started. I do know one very tech-savy FreeBSD guy who is a 'time-nut' but would no doubt know the places to ask. If you have never come across the 'time-nuts', take a look at this for a very accurate wrist atomic watch which keeps accurate to a few nanoseconds per day, though the battery life is a bit on the short side. http://leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/ The guy that runs that site (Tom) is a true 'time-nut' and has done things like climb mountains with cesium clocks strapped to his body. His most accurate time-piece is a hydorogen maser. At one point in time (excuse the pun), the definition of a second will probably change to be in terms of oscillations in the hydrogen maser, as it is more stable than cesium, in which the second is currently defined. Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---