tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56801547935282660752023-11-16T05:28:56.777-08:00Linux on FilmSightings of Linux in Films and TVCarl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-33357554606170923192017-06-15T14:25:00.002-07:002017-06-15T14:25:58.474-07:00Ubuntu in a Malayalam language movie A keen eyed spotter pointed this out to me. Malayalam is the language of Kerala state of India. The distinctive sight of an Ubuntu unity desktop can clearly be seen on one of the monitors.<br />
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Spotted Ubuntu on laptop on a "<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08h9ctd/sound-waves-the-symphony-of-physics-series-1-2-using-sound" target="_blank">Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics</a>" - a documentary presented by Dr Helen Czerski, with a program on it that showing the ultra sonic frequencies of bats. It appears around 10 minutes and 14 seconds into the program.Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-75041628260974543442015-03-18T20:06:00.005-07:002015-03-18T20:08:13.702-07:00Ubuntu on a BBC Documentary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spotted Ubuntu on a computer at CERN on a BBC2 documentary about Dark Matter called "Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?" which can currently be viewed on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05n8jqs/horizon-20142015-10-dancing-in-the-dark-the-end-of-physics" target="_blank">BBC iPlayer</a> right now and this screenshot was taken at 24 mins in.Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-6287377855599577522014-05-10T19:47:00.000-07:002014-05-10T19:47:06.586-07:00Ubuntu In Bollywood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Via <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100949912696477770015/+ShawnDreelin/posts/RpSZhBxPQbj" target="_blank">Shawn Dreelin</a> on Google+Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-4390437902333551132013-12-05T12:47:00.001-08:002013-12-05T12:47:49.518-08:00Fedora desktops on The Sky At Night - Comet searching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As confirmed by this Google+ <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109160032876474505377/posts/KiVuQyovpQ6" target="_blank">post</a> by <a class="Sg Ob Tc" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109160032876474505377" rel="author">Dmitrijs Ledkovs</a></div>
<br />Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-81636089423349152152012-11-14T11:29:00.002-08:002012-11-14T11:29:18.530-08:00Ubuntu Spotted on Dara O'Brien's Science ClubI was watching Dara O'Briain's Science Club the other night, a great TV program on BBC Four I might add, and spotted the familiar glow of that Ubuntu 'afterbirth' wallpaper (most likely an LTS release) on the monitors in the background.<br />
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Geek points if you can identify the desktop.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update: It seems to be </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.backtrack-linux.org/">Backtrack</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, a well known penetration testing distro with KDE.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQwsRQhXpMCfkQfqJwrbq5nBhLbuKksdLbxsjDhyI44IEaUhvjud9XUeuXJFAIi-VFOSU2SuyFIuTUq1Lso63SAJ7M2nTyhf6Xr5joWtAQDTGkzSglT0cANoZxO0C1brnodp-J7jhzg8K/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-03-27-23h40m32s175.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQwsRQhXpMCfkQfqJwrbq5nBhLbuKksdLbxsjDhyI44IEaUhvjud9XUeuXJFAIi-VFOSU2SuyFIuTUq1Lso63SAJ7M2nTyhf6Xr5joWtAQDTGkzSglT0cANoZxO0C1brnodp-J7jhzg8K/s400/vlcsnap-2012-03-27-23h40m32s175.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724712534273020386" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-76266667098745425282012-02-24T17:17:00.010-08:002012-02-25T09:08:42.458-08:00Horizon: Can We Make a Star on Earth?Not exactly Linux but I spotted this, possibly a Sun Solaris workstation, that is used to control the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine">Z-Machine</a>, the worlds largest X-ray generator, at Sandia national Laboratories. Skip to about 36 minutes in to see them. It looks like it's running CDE or early Gnome. If anyone knows what machine this is please post in the comments. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Update:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Thanks to </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/lopta/status/173311873159147520">Lopta</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> on Twitter and a bit of</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> investigating, I've identified it as a </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_9000#B.2C_C.2C_J_class">HP 9000 Workstation</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">running </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX">HP-UX.</a><br /><br /><br />UK readers can view the program here on BBC iPlayer:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hr6bk/Horizon_20082009_Can_We_Make_a_Star_on_Earth/"><span style="font-style: italic;">"With access to the biggest fusion experiments on earth, Brian Cox tries to find out why scientists have been unable to get even a single watt of fusion electricity onto the grid. </span>"</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0eYvJvY6SUmVqk2_pJy0AevVbSfIcabTF3TzycaVecpSSYgdoWaZ7nmiG1YmSLpeNBLf3VY4cvrkMaXiX1sr0uz3LZ4wkBvXmUaAJuSGJQeDMi-cKZ_t1kcDfkqhbIsYYIEVec263q0s/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-02-25-01h14m09s103.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0eYvJvY6SUmVqk2_pJy0AevVbSfIcabTF3TzycaVecpSSYgdoWaZ7nmiG1YmSLpeNBLf3VY4cvrkMaXiX1sr0uz3LZ4wkBvXmUaAJuSGJQeDMi-cKZ_t1kcDfkqhbIsYYIEVec263q0s/s400/vlcsnap-2012-02-25-01h14m09s103.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712879257406051218" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcEntu5iCd13tWy0eEgbHQqCqRneo3A3QPZ3_WUjilcHb02CrWyW6raGWVGQhxt1gMa4jS0HnX02Q-Of9bcLQGKjnctnI3FznXyd_D_gpuUdHGJ-0ByqqTWxgXob8bSarwjriseWKtneH/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-02-25-01h15m46s51.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcEntu5iCd13tWy0eEgbHQqCqRneo3A3QPZ3_WUjilcHb02CrWyW6raGWVGQhxt1gMa4jS0HnX02Q-Of9bcLQGKjnctnI3FznXyd_D_gpuUdHGJ-0ByqqTWxgXob8bSarwjriseWKtneH/s400/vlcsnap-2012-02-25-01h15m46s51.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712879721448808690" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGe8dpeYhrhuyugGfrG-6O4lGL33ZKsxtC6n_TnN0lBT7MpXCoIHpe5cG0wS1eMMYYEBr4Z-1LYaqemBE0gwsPHiYIICnFriVNnyee66DSQSeN5V2RmrA72CvKPOSSVPuQo8PwbbusA_Q/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-02-25-01h15m26s110.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGe8dpeYhrhuyugGfrG-6O4lGL33ZKsxtC6n_TnN0lBT7MpXCoIHpe5cG0wS1eMMYYEBr4Z-1LYaqemBE0gwsPHiYIICnFriVNnyee66DSQSeN5V2RmrA72CvKPOSSVPuQo8PwbbusA_Q/s400/vlcsnap-2012-02-25-01h15m26s110.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712879817205461218" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-2850487587257099672012-02-12T17:53:00.000-08:002012-02-12T18:30:10.029-08:00Ubuntu Spotted On Home Of The FutureIn <a href="http://www.homeofthefuture.tv/">Home Of The Future</a> on Channel 4, I spotted Ubuntu on one of the University of Oxford's automated vehicles, judging by the Gnome2 desktop, it looks like either 10.0.4 or 10.10, I'd lay money on it being 10.0.4 , it being the LTS. I think it was being ssh-ed into from the Macbook. For those who can access 4OD can watch the program <a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/home-of-the-future/4od">here</a>, and skip to 40 minutes in. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Update</span>: here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSIAlrjdzlM">YouTube link</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ychjuYnVNzbxlerdV08WMBea_kuY2U8n_rMzDyGr6PSi2zS9Jql7kUy59d16x1ZydturKeepHNVcHpIeKQmThz2zhB2rkew3TjkvMYjvokYl-_y1EOTbQqiV0lpx9s4Tf6Uf_ig4QeUF/s1600/Screenshot+-+130212+-+01%253A48%253A08.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 551px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ychjuYnVNzbxlerdV08WMBea_kuY2U8n_rMzDyGr6PSi2zS9Jql7kUy59d16x1ZydturKeepHNVcHpIeKQmThz2zhB2rkew3TjkvMYjvokYl-_y1EOTbQqiV0lpx9s4Tf6Uf_ig4QeUF/s400/Screenshot+-+130212+-+01%253A48%253A08.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434290350359746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx8NaEC_Pzu9oBF3fnrmkkUpnK_8sNSEfuhEN_ItFMAB4Hvg6uqdd_uDT0hoC8sHMcoVTeodR3nMI5TTu3JpusocEY3lmDTa_KJF_DT6R5unjvduOGJsh9hBY85WqMYuds3mzB40cMOQm/s1600/Screenshot+-+130212+-+01%253A46%253A53.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 550px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx8NaEC_Pzu9oBF3fnrmkkUpnK_8sNSEfuhEN_ItFMAB4Hvg6uqdd_uDT0hoC8sHMcoVTeodR3nMI5TTu3JpusocEY3lmDTa_KJF_DT6R5unjvduOGJsh9hBY85WqMYuds3mzB40cMOQm/s400/Screenshot+-+130212+-+01%253A46%253A53.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708433870954179362" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2JnKs2DselLq4Zv64IvNrOWxBlHsDra72PSCuegEtOS9XA0W9kG_hcHkDyjkQqEEI4lEhyphenhyphenBJjYM1H3POd4dMvT7zpHnkhzco1TpDMAXBXVEsU5BINkYZrZ18d2B_x663HL8jkj2evDtP/s1600/Screenshot+-+130212+-+01%253A47%253A35.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 547px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2JnKs2DselLq4Zv64IvNrOWxBlHsDra72PSCuegEtOS9XA0W9kG_hcHkDyjkQqEEI4lEhyphenhyphenBJjYM1H3POd4dMvT7zpHnkhzco1TpDMAXBXVEsU5BINkYZrZ18d2B_x663HL8jkj2evDtP/s400/Screenshot+-+130212+-+01%253A47%253A35.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708434029055583490" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-41900626773014722842012-01-10T17:23:00.000-08:002012-01-10T17:35:26.653-08:00I Know This...It's UNIX!Great video <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117365249176741374837/posts/bDdUaX4swx8" class="yn Hf OD" rel="nofollow">Dimitrios Desyllas</a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117365249176741374837/posts/bDdUaX4swx8"> posted on Google+</a> of various UNIX and UNIX-like appearances in film and TV.<br /><br /><br /><iframe width="380" height="223" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sh0OYWTkAsE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-25443180038553585952011-11-11T10:45:00.000-08:002011-11-11T10:54:44.142-08:00James May's Man Lab - Series 2 Episode 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU671rwPCfTGM3yvZnhffYTr_El3n9kZiwZb0lV2gvtr2ajep4ilQoJB-9P2L4NNYYc7iAjG2drEzGc_1wag8-6pxux_ELWGj3hyphenhyphen39AIdU1tVyK_G7WJc0assgbem83FBh_nxzdlEk4NP/s1600/vlcsnap-00085.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU671rwPCfTGM3yvZnhffYTr_El3n9kZiwZb0lV2gvtr2ajep4ilQoJB-9P2L4NNYYc7iAjG2drEzGc_1wag8-6pxux_ELWGj3hyphenhyphen39AIdU1tVyK_G7WJc0assgbem83FBh_nxzdlEk4NP/s400/vlcsnap-00085.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673812180098884466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />James May sends two deceased pets into the very outer reaches of the atmosphere. Two teams track the two cremated pets in their balloon-hoisted capsules using GPRS. James May's team car has an ASUS netbook running Linux on the dash, with a Gnome desktop, you can just make out 'Applications, Places and System on a very fat top panel.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan1rNnqWvLdwI9s4seYPwasDF5f_cts34sCPeqiF143A2pcowzvKHCZIlXPtbZdIx47nInE66uKt2wXQKNVPmsZj_me6DR9-mSauNNpImOoA5pd7_RWAurDZ7qrU_T-18hTdlLnRYgYzH/s1600/vlcsnap-00086.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan1rNnqWvLdwI9s4seYPwasDF5f_cts34sCPeqiF143A2pcowzvKHCZIlXPtbZdIx47nInE66uKt2wXQKNVPmsZj_me6DR9-mSauNNpImOoA5pd7_RWAurDZ7qrU_T-18hTdlLnRYgYzH/s400/vlcsnap-00086.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673812531690265746" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-4907977726026765512011-10-24T14:34:00.000-07:002011-10-24T14:56:23.632-07:00KDE on "Heroes"Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/HeWhoE">Huey Van Ladore</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/HeWhoE/status/128584150100885504">Twitter</a> for the heads-up on <a href="http://www.eikehein.com/kde/heroes/">this site</a> that features a sighting of a KDE desktop including Kopete on the TV series Heroes. The site also mentions other KDE sightings from Alias episode "A Higher Echelon" (links to images sadly down) and Lord Of The Rings DVD Making Of (WETA use Maya on Linux). More images can be found on the original <a href="http://www.eikehein.com/kde/heroes/">article</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KDE desktop </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eikehein.com/kde/heroes/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFNHq9z9Cc_oyDTn8mKG1d1RgsuyqGrPWcEkFac_PJgyKyVskgbvFhSEqG4mQpnFfIB54js6CHnaedMRpVH9MDRCOBfMslqjRQiHYsrIb34C2GCuyFMWWzXGJoWgLdHAy4bXT1cyfu_0s/s400/kde-on-heroes6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667176368654247554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kopete</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eikehein.com/kde/heroes/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYkmkPkA2F61AFjqIxbeF56pi9x0pUjnZEFHuxbCZ-h566sUqPmN_UhE94rYMFY_NEaNgq2Tm4G2TmgbbevxebkVFPO-O8QrAHBQd1hjxybEQDq5khh8UE85SETQUF5olQWDM5e0bUZaR/s400/kde-on-heroes2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667178589378446578" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-40084154217032563432011-06-10T19:55:00.000-07:002011-06-10T19:57:53.763-07:00BSD spotted in SphereLinuxCandy has a <a href="http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/06/nix-systems-in-movies-sphere.html">blogpost</a> showing screenshots of the movie "Sphere" showing "BSD and some kind of X <a style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-decoration: none; background: url("http://files.adbrite.com/mb/images/green-double-underline-006600.gif") repeat-x scroll center bottom transparent; margin-bottom: -2px; padding-bottom: 2px;" name="AdBriteInlineAd_Windows" id="AdBriteInlineAd_Windows" target="_top"></a>Windows System on their computer systems."<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QTCVZpGVk4c/TfLPBXdKXpI/AAAAAAAAAFI/ZjQZmiQ9YZg/s400/Screenshot.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QTCVZpGVk4c/TfLPBXdKXpI/AAAAAAAAAFI/ZjQZmiQ9YZg/s400/Screenshot.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-37083182537692960952011-05-29T20:51:00.000-07:002011-05-29T21:05:24.898-07:00Fedora Spotted Running Maya On Doctor Who Confidential<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i54.tinypic.com/jrpcu8.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuaUdiqb4Zx_qzgCJkTVfK9klFNk2ArYuP8ipqey9fhHHb3g-hlXpKBm8PZ9XVWeISBlbVUS_2K8h7AmZbTCXi7HkEzCAM9YYkWL70wPycPlBL3LNv_3xcP6o5HSg1rG5LVfrW5AEMYfe/s400/jrpcu8.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A keen eyed Redditor has spotted <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/hmqy0/this_on_doctor_who_confidential/">Fedora KDE SC4 running Maya on Doctor Who Confidential</a>. Dr Who's effects are done by an external company, The Mill.Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-74293837368957771402011-05-22T21:09:00.000-07:002011-05-22T21:22:51.594-07:00Linux On The Big Bang Theory<span style="font-weight:bold;">Two clips of Linux being mentioned on The Big Bang Theory</span><br /><br /><br />Ubuntu, his "favourite Linux-based operating system"<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T0WcgK97WPk" allowfullscreen="" width="450" frameborder="0" height="348"></iframe><br /><br /><br />...and another Linux mention:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mUWGZN9_7nk" allowfullscreen="" width="450" frameborder="0" height="349"></iframe>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-4395892978046702012011-04-30T15:05:00.000-07:002011-04-30T15:08:44.574-07:00Criminal MindsCriminal Minds again, a Linux/UNIX type desktop, this time series 6 episode 20, during a presentation:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9fg1bjVJ2eYjfI2rxu0axqy2mNTA7nf7KR2cxEhbD1eH1E5SOvwAteGWddSlT4QXyyH8PNpSLLayyV2ujcVJGGdYteyYAtuE0-yEdR1FY-b7iIgUyCKAzNulAfJ7ah_2iigSX5ym-Oqz/s1600/vlcsnap-00003.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9fg1bjVJ2eYjfI2rxu0axqy2mNTA7nf7KR2cxEhbD1eH1E5SOvwAteGWddSlT4QXyyH8PNpSLLayyV2ujcVJGGdYteyYAtuE0-yEdR1FY-b7iIgUyCKAzNulAfJ7ah_2iigSX5ym-Oqz/s400/vlcsnap-00003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601501732206955938" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-29673545420409264532011-04-30T14:56:00.001-07:002011-04-30T21:44:24.315-07:00Tron LegacyLinux commandline command using "whoami" and "uname -a" commands spotted in Tron Legacy showing 'SolarOS' with an i386 kernel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9NgGXn682kI" allowfullscreen="" width="360" frameborder="0" height="225"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenshot:</span> (thanks to <span class="actorName">Noel Merino Hernández</span>)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T-MsyUo7zMmi1dzJVL5ZUdTWCbiqrZb0yLrnF5_R7YUrLDEhJvAVnSnkOBvYxUVvLmpfb093f3LrJ1ouBHdfQJPe8R_FBHXfLDGog92jLAHlRQfwesJfYA89zPvcG7X1FaepZUXFi8Ri/s1600/tronlinux.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T-MsyUo7zMmi1dzJVL5ZUdTWCbiqrZb0yLrnF5_R7YUrLDEhJvAVnSnkOBvYxUVvLmpfb093f3LrJ1ouBHdfQJPe8R_FBHXfLDGog92jLAHlRQfwesJfYA89zPvcG7X1FaepZUXFi8Ri/s400/tronlinux.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601603591099023074" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-52030876256795165812010-12-18T16:38:00.000-08:002010-12-18T17:02:42.220-08:00Search for Life: The Drake EquationSpotted an old KDE desktop on a workstation on the "Search for Life: The Drake Equation" (presented by scientific dullard Dallas Cambell) on a multi-monitor workstation searching for extra-terrestrial radio waves (SETI). I'd guess it's most likely Red Hat. Notice the boot-up screen in the last screenshot, KDE panel in the 4th screenshot and the KDE logout/shutdown screen in the 6th screenshot. At the moment the documentary is available to watch on BBC iPlayer <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wltbk/The_Search_for_Life_The_Drake_Equation/">here</a>, skip to about 50 mins in to see this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGOTRw9kMbIFmmEVIjcy2oqVaD9ozu5c6qyMCPFl1z8vK8L0-_XVS1O382o4N0BfF6kpEMjHw9lnakrzkVc5hLFD0dDTPJeKjZsJW4FF5P2D5bygR-rg4_BJCbShpCfmGO6NPyQLQquqP/s1600/Screenshot-2.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGOTRw9kMbIFmmEVIjcy2oqVaD9ozu5c6qyMCPFl1z8vK8L0-_XVS1O382o4N0BfF6kpEMjHw9lnakrzkVc5hLFD0dDTPJeKjZsJW4FF5P2D5bygR-rg4_BJCbShpCfmGO6NPyQLQquqP/s400/Screenshot-2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552188526537854306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVTLCInxeuRfONUmM82KAjT-ls_e2C5Zf99vnCW9TFW82aCyxJwfiaGi5CA2LCngI6DPaY9M-OG2L2eB-QbCBJYGtpgdE7CDMsxcUPAup7wK8PFNQdpMMuMRhFERWCxsfuCQh534m-7pz/s1600/Screenshot-6.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVTLCInxeuRfONUmM82KAjT-ls_e2C5Zf99vnCW9TFW82aCyxJwfiaGi5CA2LCngI6DPaY9M-OG2L2eB-QbCBJYGtpgdE7CDMsxcUPAup7wK8PFNQdpMMuMRhFERWCxsfuCQh534m-7pz/s400/Screenshot-6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552189152651865922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2ROFmdmFcivvjsrSyLuFt6_j-YR3g-nyzax7I3XHdcgI8-gpmHkX4lZlrk7ZKwddAtDoVsazPKxO_2_RXIU563qmH6tjRYPbWsfjdqJPSE58ci7d4AKBxkGDyjXoMzaob6ckqnSs2P51/s1600/Screenshot-5.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2ROFmdmFcivvjsrSyLuFt6_j-YR3g-nyzax7I3XHdcgI8-gpmHkX4lZlrk7ZKwddAtDoVsazPKxO_2_RXIU563qmH6tjRYPbWsfjdqJPSE58ci7d4AKBxkGDyjXoMzaob6ckqnSs2P51/s400/Screenshot-5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552189011001169442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwh4fFyyxzBFncKLR9cXCj6fNvNnNo_-R9634nFckrfw-ZmCTKE04nw_GRxbiZsy598UjdB3ZaTI-OG2Eyephir514juUbMCW5mYe_18Se7dDi8AShTfB1v0FCiKnHAZjS7DVq_8QD_7P/s1600/Screenshot-7.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwh4fFyyxzBFncKLR9cXCj6fNvNnNo_-R9634nFckrfw-ZmCTKE04nw_GRxbiZsy598UjdB3ZaTI-OG2Eyephir514juUbMCW5mYe_18Se7dDi8AShTfB1v0FCiKnHAZjS7DVq_8QD_7P/s400/Screenshot-7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552189835964968834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicduPWWzAqFsl2jg_BAWhzDw7gjboCC33PTzC4uwoy0I7PULUTyOBJu5GFBmx6G-MLCOYK-fBODyLVakL1Y7atS0nxjL4A8hoU_B7bWbjhCx2m3oE4pHJjf1Ou7RKR6IJgIcFoPamQbuSO/s1600/Screenshot-8.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicduPWWzAqFsl2jg_BAWhzDw7gjboCC33PTzC4uwoy0I7PULUTyOBJu5GFBmx6G-MLCOYK-fBODyLVakL1Y7atS0nxjL4A8hoU_B7bWbjhCx2m3oE4pHJjf1Ou7RKR6IJgIcFoPamQbuSO/s400/Screenshot-8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552190199488292482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_BnwXnwhVRLjtxktBgEVZAaBcDf1ZOMwa4RTmmhJm-DOmuICF-ck_L6ozbYP7bHvpP695ON_3oKMzOYnmeV5XCn8-N8-7mMPS40K69WijyTGHWUfoHV3fRrTTFDMAN78h2PWSDSsa-Z2/s1600/Screenshot-10.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_BnwXnwhVRLjtxktBgEVZAaBcDf1ZOMwa4RTmmhJm-DOmuICF-ck_L6ozbYP7bHvpP695ON_3oKMzOYnmeV5XCn8-N8-7mMPS40K69WijyTGHWUfoHV3fRrTTFDMAN78h2PWSDSsa-Z2/s400/Screenshot-10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552190455495660050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HyueY6OMCH4cT8LsajuDVoav-xebsYidYPkF4NwjeInYSjDst4KFHKFSpwSiYxEWL7ZX_U5m8rKgd2PjnmJRoHSiVTlLDEnepsm-WpS0305G2azIyAC2P4uC-ULUtZFI5BCuefjh5dta/s1600/Screenshot-3.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HyueY6OMCH4cT8LsajuDVoav-xebsYidYPkF4NwjeInYSjDst4KFHKFSpwSiYxEWL7ZX_U5m8rKgd2PjnmJRoHSiVTlLDEnepsm-WpS0305G2azIyAC2P4uC-ULUtZFI5BCuefjh5dta/s400/Screenshot-3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552188684966530978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhak_cIwC8q2zJ1KMIPkVYUJZMGRuGJNIFp2XgtCb89GCNXTeJZ5JuWRt9NO1ZIn8OsZM9wV9B2TQ1jNO6BRXYbXe4mG8XhogrRy-JxXHy-hefoIEa600Nzi70AcoWilSrQY0WJ__L_KbVe/s1600/Screenshot-4.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhak_cIwC8q2zJ1KMIPkVYUJZMGRuGJNIFp2XgtCb89GCNXTeJZ5JuWRt9NO1ZIn8OsZM9wV9B2TQ1jNO6BRXYbXe4mG8XhogrRy-JxXHy-hefoIEa600Nzi70AcoWilSrQY0WJ__L_KbVe/s400/Screenshot-4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552188837930435378" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-82742377882897593802010-11-24T10:40:00.001-08:002010-11-24T10:46:51.629-08:00Behind The Scenes at WETAZDNet has a good <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/avatar-behind-the-scenes-at-weta-digital-339307514.htm">article</a> on the making of Avatar by WETA showing some KDE 3.x desktops running Maya.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339307514/avatar_behind_scenes_26.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 328px;" src="http://i.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339307514/avatar_behind_scenes_26.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339307514/avatar_behind_scenes_24.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 364px;" src="http://i.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339307514/avatar_behind_scenes_24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-19490002478807607472010-11-07T20:44:00.000-08:002010-11-07T21:05:10.805-08:00Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the UglyShown recently on BBC Four, as usual when they visit NASA Linux/UNIX dominates with a few Macs and an occasional Windows box.<br /><br /><br />At about 23 minutes there's a simple Dell dual-monitor setup...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PcfK4JoNih0Ua9BpTqftVdD3__5_WTcvZxWLGD7cr9qZ9sB_SLdGJUgnQBgeMDVzgKzg1fERBEqvC4cJmz7bAgrHqpdTPqaaj0Jv_5RGr22D9VIQqnUNzaaL1JxVqWFsJqtvakGivLKf/s1600/Screenshot-1.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PcfK4JoNih0Ua9BpTqftVdD3__5_WTcvZxWLGD7cr9qZ9sB_SLdGJUgnQBgeMDVzgKzg1fERBEqvC4cJmz7bAgrHqpdTPqaaj0Jv_5RGr22D9VIQqnUNzaaL1JxVqWFsJqtvakGivLKf/s400/Screenshot-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537036955057208178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...running what looks like Red Hat possibly, judging by the theme...<br /><br />.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmvo5bkGsjiVHAzs_lQDHJcW8cFAM1wKOclkHY8dqbknLKxv7HKWkSVe_1RFIYjr4pUELwQnbB7T9QrMqns03sltYxj-OjRBOWwhOilNPAle9oMaBKCly_lZyGuUj1qmBdSxe5x5EBLh0/s1600/Screenshot-2.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmvo5bkGsjiVHAzs_lQDHJcW8cFAM1wKOclkHY8dqbknLKxv7HKWkSVe_1RFIYjr4pUELwQnbB7T9QrMqns03sltYxj-OjRBOWwhOilNPAle9oMaBKCly_lZyGuUj1qmBdSxe5x5EBLh0/s400/Screenshot-2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537037359725238034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />At 23 minutes we see what looks to me like a Debian desktop<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AadWDttJQACI2s4dae6ibhLEEZ0tewMtqhxMqh0UVuJnUBzk14mvJBFs8i7m0NlLgF3EYh0dAlshfgux3UAmbzR3CjhoXGEdliByrzd41fQbqro0d74jaEV0I4YASH8KF4FSK5QGYiMT/s1600/Screenshot-3.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AadWDttJQACI2s4dae6ibhLEEZ0tewMtqhxMqh0UVuJnUBzk14mvJBFs8i7m0NlLgF3EYh0dAlshfgux3UAmbzR3CjhoXGEdliByrzd41fQbqro0d74jaEV0I4YASH8KF4FSK5QGYiMT/s400/Screenshot-3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537038172172084802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then at 36:56 there's Andy Rivkin's (John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory) nice dual monitor Linux desktop (and a Macbook):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREr-L33Jp9mFN2HCkK1qW5XmmaoS5w-ndK23EFGcVYCYG_XXpOZ2Z_BF2EXLSQQ8zN24J8lGX2BqrRFcwrwf-1oUIatj6cjXM5DHuPN_xZhqc4buYXHQe4KbwsAJ0a-KrHjoPacdGLBzI/s1600/Screenshot-6.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREr-L33Jp9mFN2HCkK1qW5XmmaoS5w-ndK23EFGcVYCYG_XXpOZ2Z_BF2EXLSQQ8zN24J8lGX2BqrRFcwrwf-1oUIatj6cjXM5DHuPN_xZhqc4buYXHQe4KbwsAJ0a-KrHjoPacdGLBzI/s400/Screenshot-6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537039049154698402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XQ2ANArRpiQO2jZstKw3v0nOikOb4aToMAtJuGBXVMlhEorA0pOi9obdPeWe8vITgETUdNaUaio1CmIIEYvM4ZpIdfxFQr_DkP6vrGNKZNvSPXbAfcinl1ca7yjwYFOkUjr9jPoV0ghb/s1600/Screenshot-7.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XQ2ANArRpiQO2jZstKw3v0nOikOb4aToMAtJuGBXVMlhEorA0pOi9obdPeWe8vITgETUdNaUaio1CmIIEYvM4ZpIdfxFQr_DkP6vrGNKZNvSPXbAfcinl1ca7yjwYFOkUjr9jPoV0ghb/s400/Screenshot-7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537039652758470130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You can still at the time of writing watch the programme on BBC iPlayer <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vv0w8/Horizon_20102011_Asteroids_The_Good_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly/">here</a>.Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-91481646549922194662010-09-25T09:03:00.000-07:002010-09-25T09:30:36.873-07:00A little round-up of Linux on the big and small screen<span style="font-weight: bold;">Linux spotted in Criminal Minds, season 3, episode 9:</span><br /><br /><object height="258" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1DGtq_Y3bsk?fs=1&hl=en_GB&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1DGtq_Y3bsk?fs=1&hl=en_GB&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="258" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">An interesting looking KDE4 (?) desktop appearing in the movie </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/">Machete</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span><br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/ld4G8.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 215px;" src="http://i.imgur.com/ld4G8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://i.imgur.com/ws7SI.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 213px;" src="http://i.imgur.com/ws7SI.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">An OSX-aping Linux desktop in </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">the season premier of Supernatural</span><br /><br /><a href="http://i55.tinypic.com/2co6h78.png%5B/IMG%5D"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 244px;" src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2co6h78.png%5B/IMG%5D" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also if you haven't seen it already there's also Iron Man <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/iron-man-using-kde/">using KDE 3.5</a> and the 'top' command being used in <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/linux-top-command-used-in-tron-trailer/">Tron</a> trailerCarl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-75524996817638558622010-09-20T13:56:00.000-07:002010-09-20T14:18:50.184-07:00‘The Glades’ – detectives run GNOME on a Windows-branded PC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://plixi.com/p/46221918"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6G1E6t8n_71bUPrVgh6RLsGxTuCiPAekQHOIV8ThblDaKlL-tExxXeaV5wfqsWkOlgGS25bvNaTaD1d2M3kjW85gAofcfTrOZilU1q5WCsWnU31BAeMyjyB_nGUe7hyphenhyphenVsa4OxuPcgpGM4/s320/101goodusesforawindowsbrandedcomputer-150x150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519107691761237010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">OMG!Ubuntu! reader </span><strong style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;">Benedict <em>‘the.abyzz’</em> Mueller has spotted a Gnome desktop on a series called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glades_%28TV_series%29">The Glades</a>. Read more on the <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/linux-on-tv-the-glades-detectives-run-gnome-on-a-windows-branded-pc/">OMG!Ubuntu! site</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></strong>Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680154793528266075.post-9021066095190580272010-08-12T15:49:00.000-07:002010-08-12T15:55:18.389-07:00Visions of The FutureWatch out for the repeats of Michi Kaku's Visions of The Future on BBC4 in the next few weeks, on Mondays at 7:30pm and on <a href="http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=visions%20of%20the%20future">BBC iPlayer</a>. I've blogged about various appearances of Linux on the program <a href="http://linuxontv.blogspot.com/2009/08/visions-of-future.html">before</a>.Carl Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177915812566292083noreply@blogger.com0