[lug] Background 3D rendering for Linux

[D. Stimits]

John Starkey wrote:
> FYI, from the makers of Plasma:
> 
> http://www.digitalproducer.com/2002/09_sep/news/09_09/discreet_burn.htm
> 
> Not the complete package, but it's a step. Discreet's cool, regardless.
> 
> John
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This is actually the beginning of more and more businesses that have 
render farms for rent. I recently went to a demonstration of Maya 
software's new release (animation software for the really big computer 
shops, or anyone who is serious), as well as to Colorado Game Developers 
group, and on more than one occasion seen reference to companies that 
either directly do this for a business, or else rent out spare computing 
power to others. I don't know how many of them use Linux to do this, but 
I would say from the "gist" that about 90% use something UNIX-like, and 
probably at least 2/3 of those Linux. [incidentally, Maya is rather nice 
in that it has Linux versions that are *real* versions; the guy who did 
the Maya demo is a lead animator of the television series "Lexx", and 
also advertised a new render farm business, but I don't know if it is 
Linux based...I seriously doubt it would be NT based]

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com