Linux®

Linux® software for SGI® systems is designed to ensure compliance with industry standards while providing scalability and high performance:

  • SGI ProPack™ for Linux® - an SGI overlay for Linux that adds high-performance middleware and functionality to a standard Linux distribution without breaking binary compatibility on user applications.

SGI has a long history of contributing to Open Source development that continues today with an emphasis on scalability, memory usage and I/O.

The SGI Global Developer Program supports Linux developers by providing development and business resources.

Linux Resources

Hardware Support
• SGI® Altix® Family
• Internet Access to Development Systems
• System Discounts
 • Developer Online Consulting
    - development and tuning technical assistance
• Technical Resources
• Support Discounts
• 64-bit Linux at Intel
Software Technical Information
• 64-bit Linux
• Open Source at SGI
• SGI ProPack™ for Linux®
• Development Tools
• Linux Development Environment (PDF 126K)
 • Developer Shortcut Guide to SUSE LINUX
• Porting IRIX Applications to SGI Altix Platforms
• Altix® Real-Time Capabilities (PDF 154K)
• The Power of Scalable Visualization (PDF 154K)

Per Novell and Red Hat, join the Novell DeveloperNet or Red Hat Developer Connection to get new versions of SLES or RHEL and support.

Use the following information in order to select the appropriate release of ProPack for your SLES or RHEL operating system:

  • sles9sp3 ....... pp4sp3
  • sles9sp4 ....... pp4sp4
  • sles10 ......... pp5, pp5sp1
  • sles10sp1 ...... pp5sp2 - pp5sp5
  • sles10sp2 ...... pp5sp5, pp6
  • rhel5 .......... pp5sp1 - pp5sp3
  • rhel5.1 ........ pp5sp3 - pp5sp5
  • rhel5.2 ........ pp5sp5, pp6

* SGI Advanced Linux Environment is based on and designed to be binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server, but is not sponsored by or endorsed by Red Hat, Inc. in any way. Red Hat and all Red Hat-based trademarks are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.