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I just wondered how many of the films that were up for oscars used linux in the production process? (editing, CG, sound, etc.)


If the movie featured any sort of CGI, they most likely used Linux at least for the rendering. Windows licences for your entire render farm are expensive.

Autodesk's Maya (A 3D animation modeling and rendering package) is fairly dominant in the movie industry, actually won a full Oscar in 2002, and is entirely tri-platform.


Probably none at all for editing and sound, and all of them for visual effects.




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