solitaire
January 10th, 2010, 03:19 PM
Unlike the "Avatar" post a few pages back, We have proof....
http://popey.com/blog/2010/01/02/ubuntu-spotted-on-doctor-who-set/
Ubuntu Spotted on Doctor Who Set
By popey (http://popey.com/blog/author/popey/) | Published: January 2, 2010
After watching the two Doctor Who Christmas episodes I thought I’d watch the ‘behind the scenes’ programme ‘Doctor Who Confidential’. During one segment where they discuss the set used in the Christmas episode I spotted a bunch of machines with what look like Ubuntu boot screens on them. If you’re in the UK (or have access to Freesat in Europe) you can see it on BBC HD at 16:55 on 3rd January, or on BBC Three at 04:10 on 5th January. according to the iplayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pk6fg) page. The frame below was grabbed from 38:29 mins in. They look like Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) to me. Probably multiple screens connected to one computer as they are all showing the same thing in the actual episode itself.
A poster there confirmes that it was an old "windows box" running Ubuntu Virtual machines to each of the screens, which run a Flash / VLC front end to play looping videos used in the scene (Same setup is used for Torchwood)
http://popey.com/blog/2010/01/02/ubuntu-spotted-on-doctor-who-set/
Ubuntu Spotted on Doctor Who Set
By popey (http://popey.com/blog/author/popey/) | Published: January 2, 2010
After watching the two Doctor Who Christmas episodes I thought I’d watch the ‘behind the scenes’ programme ‘Doctor Who Confidential’. During one segment where they discuss the set used in the Christmas episode I spotted a bunch of machines with what look like Ubuntu boot screens on them. If you’re in the UK (or have access to Freesat in Europe) you can see it on BBC HD at 16:55 on 3rd January, or on BBC Three at 04:10 on 5th January. according to the iplayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pk6fg) page. The frame below was grabbed from 38:29 mins in. They look like Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) to me. Probably multiple screens connected to one computer as they are all showing the same thing in the actual episode itself.
A poster there confirmes that it was an old "windows box" running Ubuntu Virtual machines to each of the screens, which run a Flash / VLC front end to play looping videos used in the scene (Same setup is used for Torchwood)