How Pixar Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Linux
How Pixar Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Linux No comments by: Tyler August September 23, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you weren’t already aware, it will probably come as no surprise to hear that the pioneering computer-animation studio Pixar built its early workflow on Silicon Graphics SGI workstations. These were beefy Unix machines that, as the name implied, were developed for graphical work. When the age of the RISC workstation came to a close, many Unix users were pushed onto Windows NT — but not at Pixar.
- ▪How Pixar Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Linux No comments by: Tyler August September 23, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you weren’t already aware, it will probably come as no surprise to hear that the pioneering computer-animat
- ▪These were beefy Unix machines that, as the name implied, were developed for graphical work.
- ▪When the age of the RISC workstation came to a close, many Unix users were pushed onto Windows NT — but not at Pixar.
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| Canonical URL | https://hackaday.com/2026/09/23/how-pixar-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-linux/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:56 +0000 |
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How Pixar Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Linux No comments by: Tyler August September 23, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you weren’t already aware, it will probably come as no surprise to hear that the pioneering computer-animation studio Pixar built its early workflow on Silicon Graphics SGI workstations. These were beefy Unix machines that, as the name implied, were developed for graphical work. When the age of the RISC workstation came to a close, many Unix users were pushed onto Windows NT — but not at Pixar. At Pixar, they learned to love the penquin. It comes down to hardware rather than software. You know the story: PCs got faster and cheaper with different vendors competing for a giant market, while the world of RISC workstations couldn’t keep its lead.
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