Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Today, 50 years ago Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:21:01 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20260415112101.00002c08@gmail.com> References: <10rmgl8$gjuj$1@dont-email.me> <10ro2qf$q7a$1@reader1.panix.com> <10ro3v9$v6he$1@dont-email.me> <10ro5td$kuu$1@reader1.panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:21:03 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6282b3925334d01d636675d8f04c5b1b"; logging-data="1170789"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+LSFCJfVhkpcnNZwSXreWaTPlASyf1drk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3fJY9nrut3DeC2psZbTULkzXXbU= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:234683 On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:04:29 -0000 (UTC) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote: > Irix was basically SVR4 with a bunch of SGI's cool graphics > stuff layered on top of it, but in terms of the actual OS, it > wasn't all _that_ different from other, similar commercial > Unixes out there at the time. I remember thinking that SunOS, > OSF/1, and even Solaris, were more pleasant to work with. Irix's "Interactive Desktop" was much nicer and more polished than the GUIs offered by other commercial Unices at the time. Had a decent GUI package manager, as well.