Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 12:41:25 -0500 From: Xavier Freebsd Questio <xavierfreebsdquestio@aim.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: emulate a Xorg configuration of GNU/Linux (Fedora 21) on FreeBSD Message-ID: <8D1F65CCC028E2D-15D0-B0BC@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1501041206560.74333@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <8D1F641A1D2B4CB-15D0-A6C2@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> <20150104153549.70c269ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <8D1F6518B6F7572-15D0-ABA6@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com> <20150104180240.6c6cf30b.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1501041206560.74333@tripel.monochrome.org>
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