[rescue] IRIX/SGI opinions of O2 for graphics?

nick at snowman.net nick at snowman.net
Mon Sep 9 17:59:22 CDT 2002


Oui.  Haveing linux currently running on an indy, an I2, a pair of O2s and
an origin I'm gettin REAL tired of ppl telling me that linux only runs on
indys.  Please stop?  I will admit that for most things R5ks are slow
though :(
	Nick

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
> vraptor at employees.org wrote:
> AFAIK, linux will only run on an Indy (and that is a stretch from what I 
> have heard).  
> 
> Photoshop was available for Irix, but it required a license from adobe 
> (I assume FlexLM) which was specific to the machine and they are no 
> longer issuing them, so you have to find a machine with photoshop and a 
> license already installed.
> 
> I would think the G3 would be faster than an O2 at photoshop anyways.
> 
> You would be much better off with Gimp, which SGI offers on the freeware 
> site.
> 
> shawn
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