[CoLoCo] Linux in Movies and TV

Brandan E. Lloyd coloco-ubuntu at thelloyds.net
Thu Aug 21 03:29:10 BST 2008


Trinity uses a unix or linux system to hack in Matrix:Revolutions.
http://insecure.org/

Brandan

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 17:10, Michael TheZorch Haney <thezorch at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm curious, we often see Windows or Mac on TV and in movies.  For
> instance, in "Independence Day" we saw Jeff Goldbloom with a Power Mac,
> in "Transformers" the new Intel Macs were in the Pentagon briefing with
> the computer specialists trying to decode the Decepticon message, on
> various TV shows (CSI, NCIS, Law & Order, etc.) we see a little bit of
> Windows and Mac from time to time, and the Windows XP desktop was shown
> several times on the popular anime "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"
> (on DVD from Bandai Entertainment).
>
> With the growth of ultraportable netbooks that runs Linux one would
> assume its probably a good bet that Linux might one day show up in a
> movie or TV show pretty soon, but was a Linux desktop ever seen in a
> movie or TV before though.  Does anyone know?
>
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