[FusionComm] Compiz Fusion 0.7.2 released!
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| I'm pleased to announce the release of Compiz Fusion 0.7.2.
|
| This is the first development release of Compiz Fusion 0.7 series, which will
| be the basis for the stable 0.8.0 release. This release is based on Compiz
| 0.7.2
| and requires some features that weren't in Compiz 0.7.0.
|
| Please note that we decided to skip 0.7.0 to keep in sync with Compiz version
| numbers to reduce confusion as much as possible.
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http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/pipermail/community/2008-March/000168.html
The Simple Compiz Config Settings Manager
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| The Simple Compiz Config Settings Manager, or simple-ccsm as it's called, is
| focused for simplicity and looks dramatically different from the main
| settings manager. We have screenshots and comments on the simple-ccsm in this
| article.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=simple_ccsm&num=1
NVIDIA 171.06 Linux Display Driver
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| The NVIDIA 171.05 Linux driver was released on the first of February
| contained support for the Tesla S870 GPU Computing System and introduced a
| new NVIDIA utility. This utility is nvidia-smi, which stands for the NVIDIA
| System Management Interface. Nvidia-smi will dump system information and has
| support for a few additional arguments, but at this point, it's really geared
| for the Tesla S870. The nvidia-smi binary is also included in today's 171.06
| driver release.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_17106&num=1
NVIDIA + Linux are key players in the big industry.
Yesterday:
NVIDIA Workstation Performance: Windows vs. Linux vs. Solaris
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| Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5 with the 169.12 driver had overall produced the fastest
| results within SPECViewPerf. In only three benchmarks had Solaris Express
| Developer 1/08 outpaced Ubuntu Linux, but with two of these tests the results
| were almost identical. These three tests were Maya (maya-02), UGS NX
| (ugnx-01), and UGS Teamcenter Visualization Mockup (tcvis-01). In the rest of
| the OpenGL tests, Solaris Express and Windows Vista were fighting for second
| place. In six out of the nine tests, Windows Vista was in last place. For
| those interested in NVIDIA's Quadro series for CUDA (Compute Unified Device
| Architecture; NVIDIA's GPGPU implementation), this technology is supported in
| NVIDIA's binary Linux driver.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_workstation_perf&num=1
Days ago:
Hollywood, Linux, and CinePaint at FOSDEM 2008
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| At first, studios had no choice but to develop Linux applications in house.
| The film industry has millions of lines of Linux code, both desktop
| applications and server pipelines. Studio Linux programmers write code in
| C++, Python, Perl, and Java. What does all this secret proprietary Linux code
| do? And, why do they do parallel programming with grid computing? How does
| the film industry use renderfarms with thousands of CPUs?
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http://linuxgazette.net/147/rowe.html
Related:
DreamWorks wins an award for its innovative use of Linux
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| Behind that effort sits Ed Leonard, chief technology officer at DreamWorks,
| who has been recognized for his work with an Annie Award for "promoting the
| Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software
| development."
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9865829-16.html
Linux Goes Hollywood With New Terra Soft Film Rendering Tool
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| Y-Film is a product formed from two separate applications. The first is a
| cluster construction suite supported by Terra Soft's Y-HPC platform. The
| second is the Artist Productivity and Asset Management Tools developed by
| Scott Frankel, president and VFX supervisor at Circle-S Studios and the lead
| developer of Y-Film. The tool set runs on x86 Linux, Power Linux and Mac OS
| X.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60254.html
Linux in Hollywood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636VZ_R-NVs
Studios Using Linux
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| * 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
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http://linuxmovies.org/studios.html
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| "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.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html
Interview: The driver behind NASA's Mars Rovers
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| It all runs on a collection of high-end Linux boxes -- nice systems, but
| commodity PC hardware. Since 3-D visualisation is a big part of the job, the
| Linux boxes sport bonzer NVIDIA graphics cards.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;563338166;pp;1
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