Linux news

2008 08 28

Major CAD Software Ported to GNU/Linux

SofTech Announces Linux Support with Latest CADRA Release

SofTech, Inc., a proven provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) solutions, announced that its latest CADRA(R) 2008 CAD/CAM release supports the Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Version 4 operating system.

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Related: Would You Use Proprietary Software Ported to GNU/Linux?

Justas Ingelevičius wrote in about an Autodesk international user group poll about non-Windows ports. [...] It's easy to predict that this conversation will happen more frequently and with greater volume. (I imagine something similar happened when Windows NT was worth using and much, much cheaper than high-end UNIX workstations.)

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Autodesk Launches Autodesk Toxik 2008 Software for Feature Film Visual Effects

Toxik 2008 is available as a stand-alone product on both the Windows and Linux operating systems. It offers greater interoperability with Autodesk Maya 3D modeling, animation and rendering software, thereby helping artists combine 2D and 3D techniques to solve complex production problems,

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Autodesk F1Q08 (Qtr End 4/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript

As customers continue to transition away from proprietary high-end SGI workstations, revenue from our Linux based solutions continues to show strong growth. In fact this quarter, nearly 90% of our systems product revenue was Linux based. Overall, I'm very pleased with our performance this quarter.

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"Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at major animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or more] penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told LinuxInsider.

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64 Bit Psyborg Extreme Graphics Workstation Now with SUSE Linux

08/20/2006 - Psychsoftpc announces that the 64 Bit Psyborg Extreme Graphics Workstation is now available with the new 64 bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.

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Over 100 Additional Post-production Facilities Adopt Autodesk's Visual Effects and Editing/Finishing Systems

In April 2006, Autodesk transitioned its visual effects and editing/finishing systems from SGI-based workstations to workstations running the Linux operating system. [...] "The migration of Autodesk systems to the Linux platform has been a great success," said Stig Gruman, Autodesk's Media & Entertainment vice president of systems. "This operating system allows Autodesk to take advantage of rapid, continuous improvements to commodity hardware components such as central processing units, graphics cards, and Infiniband networking technology."

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Open source creeps into mapping software

Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), MapGuide Open Source enables organizations to develop and distribute spatial and design data over the Web. [...] "We think there is a direct analogy between what's happening in Web mapping [software market], and what happened with Web servers in the beginning," Zeiss said, noting that the trend toward commoditization had convinced Autodesk to contribute MapGuide Open Source to the OSGF. "This was a strategic way of creating a much bigger market than we could have ever created with a closed-source product," he added. With an open source product on its cards, Zeiss said Autodesk is also following the footsteps of other open-source software vendors--that is, to charge for premium services and support. [...] "To open-source AutoCAD will be giving away valuable trade secrets to competitors. There's no prospect for doing that at all," he explained. IDC noted in a June 2006 report that it is too early to assess the long-term impact of Autodesk's open source strategy. "But initial indications are that geospatial users and the open source community are responding positively, perhaps to the point of shifting Web-based geospatial interfaces to a predominantly open source model," the analyst company said.

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Australia and New Zealand Visual Effects Industries Support Autodesk's Move to Linux-based Systems Products

Over the past two years, Autodesk has transitioned its Media and Entertainment systems products from running on proprietary, high-end SGI workstations to running on Linux-based personal computers (PCs). To date, more than 30 Autodesk Linux-based systems seats have been installed in Australia and New Zealand.

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Asia Pacific Digital Content Creators and Broadcasters Turn to Autodesk's Linux-based Solutions

Over a dozen broadcasters and post-production facilities in the Asia Pacific region have recently embraced Autodesk, Inc.'s visual effects, editing/finishing and digital color-grading products running on the Linux operating system. [...] In its China Linux 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis report, market research firm IDC estimates that China's Linux market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent from 2006 to 2010. IDC also forecasts that by 2008, Linux-based personal computers (PCs) will account for more than 9 percent of PC unit shipments in Asia Pacific.

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