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Linux is not only the ideal operating system for small screen devices like netbooks, but also a pretty good choice for the big screen. Several of the top blockbusters of all time were created with the help of Linux software or render farms running Linux.
The most recent example being the soon-to-be most successful movie Avatar. The New Zealand-based visual effects company Weta Digital sits behind the stunning visual effects of Avatar as well as some other movies you may have heard of, including the The Lord of the Rings, The Day The Earth Stood Still, X-Men, I, Robot, and the 2005 King Kong remake.
According to Paul Gunn, Systems Administrator at Weta Digital, they have more than 4.000 HP blade servers with over 35.000 processors in their data center with all of Weta's rendering nodes and 90% of their desktops running Ubuntu.
As pictures can say more than words, let's have a look at some of the blockbusters made with the help of Linux. For more words see the references linked at the end of this article.
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The Matrix effects were
The Matrix effects were rendered on FreeBSD
The source for the reference
The source for the reference to The Matrix was the "Hollywood Loves Linux" article in the references. However, it is entirely possible that this is not quite accurate since another source does not mention The Matrix, but only the sequel, The Matrix: Reloaded. So the first movie may have been done with a FreeBSD renderfarm, and the second (and likely the third) with a Linux one.
I did some more research
I did some more research which confirms that FreeBSD was used to generate the special effects for the original Matrix movie and Linux for The Matrix Reloaded, as stated in the referenced Linux in Hollywood article.
So thumbs up for FreeBSD too for helping to create the best of the Matrix movies and for being another great open source operating system.
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