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DreamWorks Animation "Shrek the Third": Linux Feeds an Ogre

linuxjournal.com — All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and more than 3,000 server CPUs.

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  • Phocion55, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"For Shrek 3, we will consume close to 20 million CPU render hours for the making of the film", says DreamWorks Animation CTO Ed Leonard.

    I don't care what movie or OS it is.....that's pretty intense.
  • juicebag, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2tl;dr
  • BZKyle, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3...something is running Linux, quick, Digg it!

  • Detritus, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2As our president says: "Fool me once shame on you... fool.... fool me... fool me twice.... can't be fooled again"

    I dunno which I'm having a harder time believing; that they made a 3rd Shrek, or that zealots think this is something to be proud of.
  • Strykr, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3So that's why I like these stupid little animated movies so well!
  • schestowitz, on 10/11/2007, -12/+6In this one particular industry, Linux virtually has a monopoly. See:

    ,----[ Quote ]
    | "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at major
    | animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or more]
    | penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told LinuxInsider.
    `----

    http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html

    Also here:

    Red Hat Summit 2007, Day 2: Red Hat Exchange and interesting presentations
    http://community.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/142259&from=rss

    Studios Using Linux

    ,----[ Quote ]
    | * Digital Domain
    | * Disney
    | * Double Negative
    | * DreamWorks Animation
    | * Flash Film Works
    | * Hammerhead
    | * Industrial Light & Magic
    | * Moving Picture Company
    | * Pixar
    | * Rhythm & Hues
    | * Sony Pictures
    | * Tippett
    | * Weta Digital
    `----

    http://linuxmovies.org/studios.html

    And from Linux Journal:

    ,----[ Quote ]
    | All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and
    | visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger
    | than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and
    | more than 3,000 server CPUs.
    `----

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