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Submission + - The largest commercial Linux installation

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Gary

on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @09:56AM

Gary writes: "Almost all movie studios primarily use Linux for animation and visual effects, but with more than 1000 Linux desktops and 3000 Server CPU's Dreamworks Animation is the largest commercial Linux installation. At the desktop, Dreamworks uses HP xw9300 workstations running RHEL 4 and the renderfarm uses HP DL145 G2 servers, with 2GB per core the servers have 8GB of RAM as they have 4 cores. Solid support for threading, NFS and LAMP toolsets are a few of the advantages with Linux."

Feed Ubuntu chief mua muas Microsoft (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @09:52AM

Dirty uncle not welcome

Leader of the Ubuntu tribe Mark Shuttleworth has no plans to invite dirty uncle Microsoft over for patent protection talks.

Feed Megatech's Avion indoor R/C plane defies laws of logic (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @09:32AM

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

You can thank the ominous sounding Megatech International for making your indoor-flying fantasies come to life with their latest remote control offering, the Avion. With its miniature 7.5-inch wingspan, petite 8.4 gram weight, and adorable Spectrum-Link Optic-Control (which uses "Stereoscopic range finding" for tracking, similar to human eyes), the Avion can supposedly glide and twist through small indoor spaces -- a feature apparently in high demand among R/C plane enthusiasts and precocious Red Baron-imitating mice. Check the video after the break for smooth sounds, and an even smoother hallway flight show.

[Thanks, Vincent]

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