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   Kyonshi to Woozy Song   
   Re: What is the point of Lirix?   
   15 Nov 24 09:06:18   
   
   From: gmkeros@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/15/2024 2:56 AM, Woozy Song wrote:   
   > It is based on Arch, but IRIX was a Unix derivative.   
   > And they polished up the MaXX desktop, so it doesn't look retro at all.   
   > I would rather install CDE on a Debian-based distro for nostalgia.   
      
   I assume it would be a Linux version of IRIX (whatever that is)   
   according to the design principles of IRIX (whatever those were.   
      
   Ah, I see... the window manager they use is an evolution of the IRIX   
   window manager, so I guess their whole point is making a system that   
   uses it.   
      
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