IRIX Introduction

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25 points | by naves 8 hours ago ago

8 comments

  • pjmlp 23 minutes ago

    SGI hosted the initial C++ STL documentation, as such I used to regularly visit their site, and also dive into Irix documentation dreaming of such systems.

  • fithisux 22 minutes ago

    IRIX, it has to make a come back.

  • 29athrowaway 3 hours ago

    It's what they use in Jurassic Park.

    The 3D file manager is fsn.

  • anonnon 2 hours ago

    Red Hat's XFS file system originally came from IRIX.

    • Tor3 2 hours ago

      I haven't heard it being called "Red Hat's XFS". Silicon Graphics, when it was still a company, ported XFS to Linux and Linus accepted it.

      I've been using XFS for a very long time, and I've never been on Red Hat on my own machines..

      • LeFantome 2 hours ago

        You are of course correct. I also use XFS and not on Red Hat distros. That said, XFS is the default filesystem on RHEL since RHEL7 and I think it was the first major distribution to make that choice. Even today, both ext4 and btrfs are far more common choices.

        Red Hat is probably the biggest contributor to XFS at this point as well.

        So, I kind of get the comment.

        • hulitu 19 minutes ago

          > That said, XFS is the default filesystem on RHEL since RHEL7

          RHEL is quiet recent.