[ Thanks to Doug Bostrom for
this link. ]
“For Star Wars: Episode II, Linux made Yoda a light
saber-wielding action figure. In Lord of the Rings 2,
waves of Orcs attacking the colossal fortress at Helm’s Deep are
not thousands of human extras, but digital actors created using
Linux. To consumers, Linux may rank third after Windows and
Macintosh, but Linux dominates motion pictures more than anyone but
studio insiders may realize. It has been used to produce more than
30 blockbuster films, including Lord of the Rings,
Star Wars: Episode II, Harry Potter,
Shrek, and Titanic.“In short, the big news in Hollywood about Linux is it is no
longer big news. Linux has won not only renderfarm servers, but the
artist desktops of the top studios. It’s hard to find a large
studio that does not rely upon Linux as its primary animation and
special effects OS, and many smaller film studios have adopted
Linux, too…”