• CoolYori [she/her]
    hexbear
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    edit-2
    1 month ago

    Yea I misworded that sentance. Debian was used in the render farm for Toy Story. Thanks for correcting me. Cant let little details like that be wrong because people are always so quick to point it out.

    • dead [he/him]
      hexbear
      7
      1 month ago

      Debian was used in the render farm for Toy Story

      This is not true. According to SunWorld Magazine (November 1995 issue). Toy Story was render on Sun Microsystem computers, likely using software made by Sun Microsystems. These computers had SPARC processors. Debian did not support the use of SPARC processors until version 2.1 in 1999. That means it is impossible for Toy Story to have been rendered using Debian.

      http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-11-1995/swol-11-pixar.html

      https://www.debian.org/releases/slink/sparc/release-notes.txt

      It's not a minor correction. It is highly disrespectful to attribute the accomplishments of Debian and the Free Software movement to Pixar, one of the largest copyright giants.___

      • CoolYori [she/her]
        hexbear
        4
        1 month ago

        Oh thanks again for pointing out how I am wrong again! I swear I read somewhere or saw an interview that they used machines running Debian in some part of the render process. Its almost like I cant get anything right today. I should probably have you fact check my comments in the future. Seeing as you are doing such a good job at it.