Hi guys, well after lurking around for a while, finally I get to introduce myself, and share something perhaps some of you that run Linux might be interested in.
I'm a big SGI fan, altho I haven't got the chance to get my hands on the real thing yet (I hope to get one, at some point before they are truly collectionist items and the prices go to the roof).
Anyway, for the past few months I've been gathering and modifying some software and themes to Irix-ify my desktop, and now I got it to a point, where it sorta feels like the real thing.. with a touch of modern, although I did use FVWM, and had a toolchest working, I finally settled on xfce (bunch of issues with session, bus, pokit and other crap).
Here's what I got so far, below are links to download the relevant pieces, and packages attached:
gr_osview - Modified version of xosview, to display the layout like more like the original, and implemented GFX meter for Nvidia cards.
I use also custom Xresources extracted from Maxx Desktop. (the bsd variant doesn't have all the changes since I keep fighting with
FreeBSD, and I didn't get to merge the last stuff, on Linux do "sudo make install PLATFORM=linux".
gmemusage - Version from Maxx
sgi red cursor - This one is heavily modified, from the version on Maxx, fixing lots of missing cursors, removing shadows, and adding a few things.
* To install it, extract, and copy sgi to /usr/share/icons/
* Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme and change the default to "sgi"
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/SGI+Irix+cursor?content=174207
xfcewm theme - A 4Dwm look a like theme, a bit more modernized to match.
openstep gtk2 and 3 theme - Tweaked and modified version from the theme OneStepBack, I didn't have the patience to redo the whole Maxx gtk2
theme for gtk3 and this one is actively developed, and looks quite good, I added a few things like Italic font for menus,
motif like menu selected item effect, and gtk3 client decorations to match the Irixy window decorations I use on xfce.
* Extract and copy "OneStepBack" to /usr/share/themes/
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/OneStepBack?content=170904
xfce - Configured to use box resize / move (I actually prefer that to seeing the window as I move), also using Italic font on the desktop, with tighter
grid size, and opaque icon labels.
Using DejaVu Sans fonts, as they look the closest to Helvetica without all the rendering issues that xft Helvetica has... don't get me started
and since the non anti-aliased helvetica from linux renders so ugly compared to Irix, not really an option.
winterm - Custom size, and colors on the xfce terminal to match the winterm.
* Modify launcher, and add "--title=winterm" to the command
* Remove menubar by default
* 79cols x 42 rows
* Scrollbar on the left
* Background color #00004D
* Text color #FEFFDD
* Cursor color #2BC62A
IconCatalog - I have a work in progress from scratch IconCatalog... built using Qt, works as a launcher, and also allows "run" functionality and creation
of launchers, it's still kinda rough on the cosmetics, but it works, and looks sorta like the original (I can provide the source if there's interest,
or make a github repo or something.
All this stuff has it's respective license, and all the stuff I made is BSD licensed... so you can do whatever, if you're one of the GPL haters.
Well, I hope this is useful to someone nostalgic like me, and let me know what you think!
I'm a big SGI fan, altho I haven't got the chance to get my hands on the real thing yet (I hope to get one, at some point before they are truly collectionist items and the prices go to the roof).
Anyway, for the past few months I've been gathering and modifying some software and themes to Irix-ify my desktop, and now I got it to a point, where it sorta feels like the real thing.. with a touch of modern, although I did use FVWM, and had a toolchest working, I finally settled on xfce (bunch of issues with session, bus, pokit and other crap).
Here's what I got so far, below are links to download the relevant pieces, and packages attached:
gr_osview - Modified version of xosview, to display the layout like more like the original, and implemented GFX meter for Nvidia cards.
I use also custom Xresources extracted from Maxx Desktop. (the bsd variant doesn't have all the changes since I keep fighting with
FreeBSD, and I didn't get to merge the last stuff, on Linux do "sudo make install PLATFORM=linux".
gmemusage - Version from Maxx
sgi red cursor - This one is heavily modified, from the version on Maxx, fixing lots of missing cursors, removing shadows, and adding a few things.
* To install it, extract, and copy sgi to /usr/share/icons/
* Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme and change the default to "sgi"
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/SGI+Irix+cursor?content=174207
xfcewm theme - A 4Dwm look a like theme, a bit more modernized to match.
openstep gtk2 and 3 theme - Tweaked and modified version from the theme OneStepBack, I didn't have the patience to redo the whole Maxx gtk2
theme for gtk3 and this one is actively developed, and looks quite good, I added a few things like Italic font for menus,
motif like menu selected item effect, and gtk3 client decorations to match the Irixy window decorations I use on xfce.
* Extract and copy "OneStepBack" to /usr/share/themes/
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/OneStepBack?content=170904
xfce - Configured to use box resize / move (I actually prefer that to seeing the window as I move), also using Italic font on the desktop, with tighter
grid size, and opaque icon labels.
Using DejaVu Sans fonts, as they look the closest to Helvetica without all the rendering issues that xft Helvetica has... don't get me started
and since the non anti-aliased helvetica from linux renders so ugly compared to Irix, not really an option.
winterm - Custom size, and colors on the xfce terminal to match the winterm.
* Modify launcher, and add "--title=winterm" to the command
* Remove menubar by default
* 79cols x 42 rows
* Scrollbar on the left
* Background color #00004D
* Text color #FEFFDD
* Cursor color #2BC62A
IconCatalog - I have a work in progress from scratch IconCatalog... built using Qt, works as a launcher, and also allows "run" functionality and creation
of launchers, it's still kinda rough on the cosmetics, but it works, and looks sorta like the original (I can provide the source if there's interest,
or make a github repo or something.
All this stuff has it's respective license, and all the stuff I made is BSD licensed... so you can do whatever, if you're one of the GPL haters.
Well, I hope this is useful to someone nostalgic like me, and let me know what you think!