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[News] Multi-head Displays with GNU/Linux (Try *That* with Win32/OS X)

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Enhancing multi-screen user interfaces using Ghosd and Synergy

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|     Unlike traditional single-screen setups, multi-screen display systems 
|     require special consideration for user interfaces (UIs). This article 
|     presents tools and code designed to address the acquisition and change of 
|     input focus across multiple displays.   
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| Few modifications to your work environment can create a productivity change 
| as dramatic as adding an additional monitor. The open source Synergy package 
| provides an excellent method of linking many displays without purchasing 
| additional hardware.   
| 
| Unlike traditional single-screen setups, multi-screen display systems require 
| special consideration for UIs. This article presents tools and code designed 
| to address the acquisition and change of input focus across multiple 
| displays. By enhancing existing X Window System focus information using Ghosd 
| displays and the Synergy debug-level output, multi-screen users can know 
| precisely where their input focus is even on displays 4200x3150 pixels and 
| larger.      
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ghosd-synergy/index.html


Recent:

ATI to Enable High-Definition Video Playback on Linux-Based Computers.

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| ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, plans to enable
| playback of protected high-definition content under Linux operating system
| (OS) sometime in October, 2008. The move will allow the company to address
| the market of Linux-based computers with a unique feature, which is not
| currently available.
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20080902113646_ATI_to_Enable_High_Definition_Video_Playback_on_Linux_Based_Computers.html


If it's animation or special effects, it's Linux

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| Rowe's not just being a Linux booster. It's the Gospel truth. The animation
| and FX for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; Star Wars: The
| Clone Wars; WALL-E; 300; The Golden Compass; Harry Potter and the Order of
| the Phoenix; and I Am Legend, to name but a few recent movies, were all
| created using Pixar's RenderMan and Autodesk Maya running on Linux clusters.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/if_its_animation_or_special_effects_its_linux


Related:

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


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


Open Source: Ready for Its Closeup

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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
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