[CoLoCo] Linux in Movies and TV

[David L. Willson]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:10:02 -0400, Michael \"TheZorch\" Haney wrote
> I'm curious, we often see Windows or Mac on TV and in movies.  For 
> instance, in "Independence Day" we saw Jeff Goldbloom with a Power Mac, 
> in "Transformers" the new Intel Macs were in the Pentagon briefing with 
> the computer specialists trying to decode the Decepticon message, on 
> various TV shows (CSI, NCIS, Law & Order, etc.) we see a little bit of 
> Windows and Mac from time to time, and the Windows XP desktop was shown 
> several times on the popular anime "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" 
> (on DVD from Bandai Entertainment).
> 
> With the growth of ultraportable netbooks that runs Linux one would 
> assume its probably a good bet that Linux might one day show up in a 
> movie or TV show pretty soon, but was a Linux desktop ever seen in a 
> movie or TV before though.  Does anyone know?

I seem to remember bits of Linux in "Antitrust" and "Untraceable".  I can't remember if
there was any in "Hackers", but there was definitely some in "RevolutionOS"