Peter Köhlmann wrote:
> wispygalaxy wrote:
>>
>> Companies are cutting costs and getting a good deal at the same time.
>> It's
>> a win-win situation. Star Wars was made with Linux? That's awesome.
>>
>
> Not just Star Wars.
> Basically all special effects in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy were made
> by linux. They were conceived on linux workstations and rendered on linux
> clusters.
> The incredible amounts of warriors in those movies were created by
> "Massive", again running on linux
>
> < snip >
I would have never thought that Linux made special effects. I used to
believe that Linux only performed mundane tasks, such as running a server.
The average person does not realize how versatile Linux is.
I always wondered how movies could coordinate all of those warriors
successfully. Thanks for telling me. :)
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