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Ubuntu Spotted on Doctor Who Set

  • 06-01-2010 7:50pm
    #1
    Galen
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    http://popey.com/blog/2010/01/02/ubuntu-spotted-on-doctor-who-set/
    By 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 page. The frame below was grabbed from 38:29 mins in.
    doctor_who_confidential_ubuntu_set_small.png 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.

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Comments

  • #2
    tpotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭tpotter


    Very cool. I like this a whole lot better than seeing Windows running on the trash compactor in Firefly :)


  • #3
    Galen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Galen


    I'm sorry I missed that in Firefly but that's the perfect place to have windows but of course not running but rather in the trash itself. Don't you think?


  • #4
    tpotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭tpotter


    Lol, I guess if you aren't going to add a blue screen of death than it is probably the next best thing :D


  • #5
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    A bit of the way down Henry Street (street joining the Spire in Dublin) theres one of those big screens with ads on them in the vicinity of H&M, asfaik. Last time I was up there the video wasnt playing and the computer operating it was actually running Linux (Ubuntu Humanity theme).


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