Yep. It was easier to convert stuff that targeted IRIX to Linux than Windows and it fitted into VFX Unix filesystems and such more easily. Nvidia used to make

Yep. It was easier to convert stuff that targeted IRIX to Linux than Windows and it fitted into VFX Unix filesystems and such more easily. Nvidia used to make their Linux drivers in part because the studios and creators of 3D software would pay them to and users requested it. This may still be the case.