Linux and Gnome Go to the Movies

brandonj writes "Looks like the new movie, Antitrust, will be using GNOME as their desktop in the movie. Here are screenshots and the Antitrust movie homepage is here. The movie will in theaters January 12." The website has a little bio for Maddog and Miguel.

Comments

How do they know its Linux?

[AntiBasic]

Just because it's running GNOME doesn't necessarily mean its underlying OS must be Linux. It could just as easily be Solaris, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, FreeBSD, HP-UX, or any other platform which GNOME runs on. Claiming it is Linux just by GNOME is highly erroneous.

not all that true to the "movement"

[deander2]

does anyone else find it interesting that video interviews of leaders of the open source and linux/unix movements are being show in quicktime?

"yeah bill, i've got my interview on the web!" - "where, mig?" - "right here, but damn hold on, gotta install windows first."

riiiight...

Its not Gnome

[tgd]

This has been said before about earlier movies, but NO movie director would put a real computer system in front of actors. Its screenshots of Gnome, doctored up by a graphic designer and written into director-style animations, so all the actor needs to do to interact with it is hit a key to go to the next frame or animation sequence.

Gee, you think they're aiming for the geek market?

[MAXOMENOS]

Let's see. The movie is being put out, in part, by RSA Security Systems; the script involves a dashing young computer geek with an artist girlfriend; and the GNOME shots, with a possible Miguel cameo, get the Slashdot crowd.

Do you think they may be aiming for a certain demographic? Hm?

ObJectBridge (GPL'd Java ODMG) needs volunteers.

Deh... MGM?

[Pflipp]

I guess they only figured out that Linux was cool after they tried to forbid Free DVD software...? They _are_ part of the MPAA. Too bad the target audience won't be able to view this movie once it's kicked out of the bioses. Dehh.

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