Hacker News Reader

It's a little bit on Disney+, one of the extras called "Soul, Improvised". It's very much not technical, more focused on the emotional impact of WFH.

View on HN

Thanks! I just checked it out. So interesting they use Linux for non-developer staff!

Most of the big animation and visual effects studios are Linux based.

We even have a reference platform spec for some kind of industry wide baseline: https://vfxplatform.com/

I worked at Disney Animation on the Linux engineering team for a few years. The flexibility of Linux was a key enabler for us being able to produce movies the way we did. Artists overall seemed to love the power of the Linux desktop setup we provided.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com