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Using Barrier on IRIX

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 17, 2022

I wrote up how to use SUG’s barrierc (thx Jenna64bit again) and the macintosh port of barrier to share your Mac’s keyboard and mouse on…

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New RSE Software JennaRelease

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 17, 2022April 18, 2022

More from Jenna64bit, who has been steadily contributing a trove of software ports for SGUG’s RSE repos. Once you have the Repo installed you can…

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Customize your 4D Desktop

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 17, 2022

There is a SGUG user Jenna64bit who has contributed a ton of interesting ports, configs and tools for the Modern IRIX Desktop. She has collected…

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NetSurf Released!

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJuly 13, 2021

Netsurf is here, no JS support but really good and fast with everything else. Use tiny dnf to install: sudo tdnf install netsurf

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Claws Mail available for IRIX

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 24, 2021

Claws mail is available for IRIX: $ sudo microdnf –refresh install -y claws-mail If you need to read IMAP/POP SSL email this is the client…

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Abiword available on IRIX

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 24, 2021April 24, 2021

Abiword is now available via dandyum2! $ sudo microdnf –refresh install -y abiword is all you need to install it. You should see this output:…

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Dandyum2 Repo

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 24, 2021April 17, 2022

Update for 2022: Dandyum has been retired. There is an official repo now in S3. Using it is easy. As root cut and paste this…

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Diablo on your SGI

by Magnificent RasterPosted onApril 21, 2021April 21, 2021

If you have an SGI running 6.5.30, and have installed RSE 007 you can install diablo with just a few easy commands! forums.sgi.sh Has all…

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RSE 0.0.7 Released

by Magnificent RasterPosted onDecember 21, 2020April 24, 2021

Miss Moneypenny brings us 442 commits, with 154 new packages added. The full list may be found in the change log. There were 7 committers…

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IRIX Software Timeline

by Magnificent RasterPosted onAugust 9, 2020August 9, 2020

A short timeline showing the development of IRIX software since the founding of SGI. Download PDF version: Click to access IRIX_SUG_SoftwareTimeline_v1d.pdf

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RSE 0.0.6 Released

by Magnificent RasterPosted onAugust 9, 2020April 24, 2021

https://github.com/sgidevnet/sgug-rse/releases/tag/v0.0.6beta And the forum post for it: https://github.com/sgidevnet/sgug-rse/releases/tag/v0.0.6beta Announcing Silicon Graphics User Group’s RSE Release 6 RSE – the RPM Software Environment for IRIX provides…

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Atari800 On IRIX

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJanuary 10, 2020

Ported SDL1.2 and atari800 over to irix using the amazing DIDBS9. Now I can enjoy the best of both reto computing worlds.

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RPM on IRIX

by Magnificent RasterPosted onNovember 27, 2019November 27, 2019

ThinlySliced has not only created DIDBS and ported GCC9, he’s also ported RPM. More info always at the Forum. Take a look.

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DIDBS! GCC9

by Magnificent RasterPosted onNovember 27, 2019November 27, 2019

Didbs .8 is out and it’s great. Many things fixed, and RPM builds and is working. RPM will be a big deal for packaging up…

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mrxvt tabbed xterm available

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJuly 21, 2019July 21, 2019

mrxvt is now available in irixports – https://forums.sgi.sh/index.php?threads/mrxvt-a-tabbed-xterm-available-in-irixports.50/ Read all about installing, customizing and using it on the forum.

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Dillo Browser Available!

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJuly 15, 2019July 15, 2019

The Dillo browser has been ported. Info and binary is availble: https://forums.sgi.sh/index.php?threads/dillo-browser-binary-available.38/ I posted this to Reddit also: https://old.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/cd5x78/sgi_irix_gets_a_new_browser_after_14_years_retro/

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Join the Discussion

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJune 30, 2019June 30, 2019

Join the SGI UserGroup Discord today and start using your SGI.

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IRIX Desktop Backgrounds

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJune 26, 2019June 26, 2019

darelparker.com has a range of modern, hirez IRIX background images for your IRIX fix on modern computers.

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IndyPSU

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJune 26, 2019June 26, 2019

Everything you ever wanted to know about the indy PSU has been discovered by Elf and is available here in the SGIUG Forums….

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irix ports

by Magnificent RasterPosted onJune 26, 2019June 26, 2019

There is a new simple ports project on github: irixports It’s basic but it works and it has support from members of the SGIUG. It’s…

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