When Open-Source GUIs Attack: The Blender Example | Linux Today

When Open-Source GUIs Attack: The Blender Example

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 3, 2007

“TDT 3D has put together a comparison of six 3D modeling tools.
I am not going to get too deeply into the finer points of the
products and what the TDT 3D reviewer thought of them, but many
readers got quite worked up about one of the tools, Blender 3D
2.45.

“What was the problem? Certainly not the price. Blender is a
free, open-source tool that is compatible with all major desktop
operating systems and even a few relatively obscure OSes–Solaris,
FreeBSD, and Irix. The features also got high marks. The reviewer
gave Blender props for UV tools (a 3D texture-mapping technique)
and fluid simulation, among others…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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