[jfaucett]

sorry, I should've been more specific... I meant linux in the sense that they're open source. The only contender in my book for high end open source media creation tools is really Blender which can hang with the Max/Maya lot. Also Linux tends to be used almost purely for the processing side, ie render farms, for film, 3d, etc. The designers and content creators themselves are rarely on linux though.

[berkut]

As I said in my post, 80% of the big VFX studios like DD, Weta, SPI, ILM, Dreamworks, DNeg, Framestore, MPC, FuelFX, RSP are using Linux for everything. Not just renderfarms - everything - creating the original content, modelling, texturing, lookdev, etc, etc.

So I don't know where you're getting the "Also Linux tends to be used almost purely for the processing side" from.

[cutie]

Everything you've said is true, but it's a relatively small industry, very custom (where linux shines), and little overlap with others.