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IRIX
Character Information
Common Names	IRIX
Other Names	4D1 (formerly)
Human Name(s)	Ayame Shoki (書記菖蒲) Irix Clark
Faction	Linux Unix Consortium
Lineage	UNIX
Rival(s)	TBD
Appearance
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Hair Color	Blue
Eye Color	Platinum
Weapon(s)	Illusions and sensory attacks
Design
First Appearance	2008-12-27
Technical Information
System Personified	IRIX
Developer(s)	Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Debut	1988-05
Latest release	6.5.30 (2006-08-16)

Technical details

IRIX (short for IRIS UNIX, originally called 4D1) is a System V UNIX-based operating system with 4.2BSD extensions, originally developed by Silicon Graphics Computer Systems in 1988 for its line of MIPS-based computers. It replaced GL2 (also known as the IRIS Workstation Software Distribution), which was used on their previous line of MC68000-based machines, and a third-party UNIX-based OS known as UMIPS or RISC/os (not to be confused with Acorn's RISC OS).

IRIX is especially famous for its strong support for symmetric multiprocessing, 3D graphics, video, and high-bandwidth data transfer; SGI machines saw common use in Hollywood special effects, video game development, scientific visualization, and AI research. It was also notable for being one of the first UNIX-based OSes to feature a GUI as default, shipping with the 4Dwm window manager and a custom Motif-designed desktop environment.

Character details

Physical

IRIX-tan is depicted as a woman of average height, light build, and medium endowment. She has long blue hair, which is usually swept into an elaborate, and elaborately decorated, updo. Her usual dress is equally outlandish: a gown with a deep V-neck bodice, huge collar, cape, and wide skirt, which is accentuated with metallic geometric jewelry and large, near-opaque shades styled somewhat like a domino masque. Her gowns are usually various shades of blue, but she has previously been seen wearing various cool colors and even black & purple and red.

Abilities

IRIX-tan possesses the server and workstation skills one would expect of a member of the UNIX Family; however, she specializes in graphical sourcery, and this is the source of her fame. She is capable of conjuring intricate visual and illusory constructions, running the gamut from spectacular light shows to highly-detailed virtual worlds. These constructs can be used to creative and peaceful ends, and indeed she is quite popular among artists, filmmakers, designers, & scientists for these very reasons. Just as well, however, they can be used to defensive or destructive ends, such as subjecting an attacker to sensory overload or trapping them in a nightmarish dreamscape. She is quite proud of her abilities and uses them throughout her daily life, which puts her at odds with the traditionalistic old-school UNIX systems, particularly UNIX-tan herself, who finds her daughter's visual shows distracting & bothersome, and makes a point of ignoring them at all costs.

Appearances

Writing

• None yet…

Art

• “A Very Unix Christmas”
• “Zerosanity Xmas Special 06a”
• “OS-tan Sketchbook Page 5”