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IRIX was my favourite UNIX flavour in the 1990s. As a result, I was tempted to try MaXX out after reading this post for purely nostalgic reasons. I keep an SGI
by jasoneckert 6y ago
IRIX was my favourite UNIX flavour in the 1990s. As a result, I was tempted to try MaXX out after reading this post for purely nostalgic reasons. I keep an SGI Fuel in my basement (running IRIX 6.5.30 and everything from Nekochan) for when I need a nostalgia kick.
However, after thinking about whether I'd actually use MaXX over GNOME for a few minutes, I decided that there was no compelling reason to do so other than nostalgia.
Has anyone tried this out and decided to use it as their daily desktop? If so, I'm interested to hear your experiences and rationale. Cheers!
- easygenes 6y agoNever used IRIX, but I genuinely really like the icon set in that first screenshot. Also, SGI Screen is still one of my favorite fixed width fonts. Also I think FVWM was heavily inspired from this, and I’ve used that as a very efficient UI over VNC (gradients, images, rounded corners, etc. are expensive in terms of bandwidth. The minimalist aesthetic of this interface conveys a lot of structure in little data).
- hakfoo 6y agoFVWM was more a mwm (Motif) clone. It dates to the '90s, back before OpenMotif or Lesstif and having something with even that aesthetic was a step up.