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Disney Switches To Linux For Animation

Posted by timothy on from the intuhlectual-property dept.

EEEthan writes: "It looks like Linux is really the next big thing for movie graphics houses. The New York Times is reporting that Disney has switched over to Linux-based HP workstations for animation. Although Disney has historically been known for their hand-drawn animation, this is a big move to Linux for what might be the world's most famous producer of animated films."

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  1. For years... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ...it used to eat me up that Apple would claim that Disney uses Macinotshes exclusively.

    I've worked at Disney for over 10 years, and have never seen more than 1-2 Macintoshes.

    Disney's also a heavy FREEBSD user!

  2. Re:Not really.... by jellomizer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    because any (half-decent) operating system would function
    if you consider windows to be half-decent you half wrong. and I am not saying that it is decent

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