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The Wolfram System notebook interface provides dynamic interactivity and enhanced graphics functionality, and calls the kernel via WSTP to perform calculations.

The first calculation in a notebook may take slightly longer, as it typically launches the kernel.

The following command-line options are accepted on Unix and Linux:

When using -font, a list of possible font names can be found by using xfontsel. The name can be expressed either as an X Logical Font Description or as a valid font alias.

When using the -wwwBrowser option, the command can contain a %s format argument that is replaced with the URL.

If you are running X, an additional menu folder named Wolfram is already installed in the desktop menu. Inside the folder is an item named Mathematica that points to the most recently installed version of the Wolfram System. File associations are modified such that .nb files are associated with the most recently installed version of the Wolfram System.

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