[ Thanks to codez 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…“Linux began in 1991 as grad student Linus Torvalds’ personal
hobby. How did it become a professional graphics powerhouse in the
most demanding of CG industries…?”