From the top README.txt
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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!
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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
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