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DreamWorks Switches to Linux

Posted by chrisd on from the best-penguin-in-a-supporting-role dept.

tal-home writes "Newsforge has a story about the decision Dreamworks made to port ALL of their front-end servers and workstations to Linux. Their new movie, called 'Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron' which will hit the theaters in late May, was created in a 100% Linux enviroment, unlike older movies like Shrek and Lord of the Rings that used IRIX servers as a rendering farm. It's a good time to mention that this move by DreamWorks also includes porting the artists workstations to Linux, in addition to the servers. Redhat and HP helped out in the switch." Word has it that Adobe may be pursuing unix versions of it's toolset as DreamWorks isn't the only shop switching.

6 of 463 comments (clear)

  1. When the SSSCA turns into a reality... by Karpe · · Score: 5, Funny

    and Linux becomes illegal (you can't have efective copy prevention with source code), what will the movie studios (the same who pushed the SSSCA in the first place) use then?

  2. Re:What are they thinking? by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to know, why on earth would Dreamworks want to switch to Linux.

    Yeah, too bad there's not some sort of article about it to explain why they switched.

  3. Photoshop by skroz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd sell my soul for photoshop in linux. OK, well maybe not my soul. My conscience, maybe.

    GIMP is great, but it's no photoshop.

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    -- Minds are like parachutes... they work best when open.
  4. So.. by realdpk · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're pro-MPAA today? I thought that was Tuesdays.

  5. Re:I need a better solution than boycotting Adobe. by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I currently boycott Nike because of their labor policies. As an active sports enthusiast, I wish I could in good concience buy nike products, as often they have the best or most available products. But I find alternatives. Then I save the receipts, and mail them to nike with a letter explaining why I bought the competitors products."

    Nike once offered a web service where you could have shoes made with words printed on them. Somebody wanted the words 'child labor', or something like that. Heh NIke wouldn't let him do it, but I sure liked his idea.

    That goes a hell of a lot farther than not buying their products.

    I do like your suggestion of sending the reciepts.

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    "Derp de derp."
  6. Re:Then what is Disney using nowadays? by Jeffrey+Baker · · Score: 5, Funny
    Personally I hope Disney continue to piss their money away buying the most overpriced and useless machine SGI sells. I also hope the movies produced thereby fail horribly at the box office. Finally, I hope Disney then goes out of business.

    What is it about slashdot, where disease corporations like Disney and other MPAA members are alternately booed and cheered?