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So after reading this question it appears Mathematica can resume sessions essentially if you pass it the -sl option.

Is there a way to make it act more like Windows and OSX and make this the default when clicking on the Mathematica icon in the dock?

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  • $\begingroup$ I think all you need to do is right-click on the icon that you use to open MMA, click "Edit", and add the -sl option to the command there. Don't have Linux at the moment so I can't test, but I think that's how I had mine set up. $\endgroup$ – Jason B. Oct 17 '16 at 15:10
  • $\begingroup$ @JasonB there is no edit option on my version of Ubuntu. I believe it has to do with the .desktop files $\endgroup$ – William Oct 17 '16 at 15:14
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    $\begingroup$ Right on, I didn't use Unity at the time. So you need to find the appropriate .desktop file and edit it to add the option there. This should be relevant askubuntu.com/questions/13758/… $\endgroup$ – Jason B. Oct 17 '16 at 15:17
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So this isn't particularly difficult once you find the appropriate file. Edit the following file sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/wolfram-mathematica10.desktop

and modify the corresponding file to the following.

Exec=/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/10.0/Executables/Mathematica -sl %F
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