Linux And The Middle Earth

Linux help create what is considered one of the most appalling, sickly character ever to invade our silver movie screens. Gollum, the ex-Hobbit turned monster whose goal is to get the one ring that made him evil is made through industry-standard power edge servers and workstations running Red Hat Linux. According to the digital operations manager of the studio-slash-mastermind of the effects that brought Lord of the rings to get a sack of trophies from the prestigious Oscar Awards, Linux was their main software application used to create some of the superb and stunning scenes in the movie. The low cost platform is what made Linux so alluring to movie producers, since it provides an entire class of software which features huge addressable memory. The performance of Linux solution was the cheapest amongst software at the time the movie was being shot giving them more than what they expected for a movie production, with half the cost. With Linux-based servers, the battlefield with people of Middle Earth battling against Orcs became realistic making me think that disgusting cave trolls and ugly, ferocious Nazguls really exist.

Aside from the performance and affordability, I think film producer and director Peter Jackson, liked Linux because of its speed. Based on the review that I've read, using the servers, movie editors and the producers was able to have multiple digital creatures. However, the memory and limitations in the size of the files of Linux made it hard for computer artist to adjust their workstations especially on complicated scenes. But still, they were able to maximize Linux's potential to finish the fantastic film trilogy.