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Linux at Industrial Light and Magic

Posted by chrisd on from the mad-props-to-rmann-and-his-ilm-homies dept.

Nicholas DePetrillo writes "Linux Journal has a big story about how LINUX is being used in hollywood, specificly at Industrial Light and Magic with some GREAT screenshots and a very descriptive article with configuration details." Word has it that their rendering farms have gotten even bigger since this article was published.

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  1. slashdotted after 2 comments by bilbobuggins · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Linux Journal' no less.
    we must never speak of this again
    ;)

  2. Support Linux Journal by Burgundy+Advocate · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember everybody, if you like the article then please buy the magazine! The articles, while provided free of charge, do not magically appear.

    If you want more great articles like this, support Linux Journal. I know the idea of paying for something might go against some people's sensibilities (information wants to be FREEEEEEE!!! and such), but remember that in real life people need to eat. Please don't let the fine people at Linux Journal starve. Buy a magazine.

    Please. Do it for the authors.

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    Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
  3. CBDTPA .... Linux ... the irony... by einTier · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one who thinks it's rather odd that movie companies are pursuing a law that would effectively outlaw Linux -- while that's the operating system running most of their kick-ass render farms?

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    -------------------------------------------------- $665.95 -- retail price of the beast.
  4. Re:Great News by mnordstr · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What would happen to the gaming world at large if Sony was to start developing games for Linux?"

    I would remove my Windows partition.

  5. Linux or Intel? by Coward+Anonymous · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Of course, performance doesn't suffer when you upgrade from a 5 y/o processor to a new top-of-the-line processor.
    Most of the descriptions about speed up seem to be directly attributable to Intel, not Linux...