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Date:      Sun, 4 Jan 2015 14:22:12 -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:  <8D1F66AE0047A1D-15D0-B871@webmail-vm170.sysops.aol.com>
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