Revolution OS

Revolution OS is a 2001 realized cinema documentary chronicles the history of GNU / Linux, free software and open source movement. The film was shot on 35mm film in Cinemascope on location in Silicon Valley and includes the evolution of GNU / Linux cut and to illustrative clips added interviews - including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Eric S. Raymond, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, Brian Behlendorf and Bruce Perens. Directed by J.T.S. Moore.

Action

The film takes a seamless historical arc of the evolution of GNU / Linux, from the beginning - was copied as software on paper tape for the price of a beer and Bill Gates started in the 70s, proprietary programs in BASIC to write for using Computerhobbyisten micro computer and this asked in a bitter letter to buy software rather than replace - to Richard Stallman and a description of what motivated him to give up his job at MIT and to devote his life henceforth the development of free software.

Michael Tiemann explained in the wilderness, as he got from Stallman a very early version of the GNU C compiler, and further developed it.

Larry Augustin describes at the original location, an American university campus, as he was able to build a powerful UNIX workstation with the GNU project, and a normal personal computer founded by Stallman, which cost him a third of the price of a workstation by Sun Microsystems, but twice made, and how it was the company VA Linux, whose IPO is also followed vividly in the film.

Brian Behlendorf, one of the original developers of the Apache web server - the web server most commonly used on the Internet - told through clips very clearly supported, as with other web developers that the then most commonly used web server NCSA httpd used patches ( German: Patches ) exchanged and finally to Apache, the a " patchy " web server ( in German: " A patched web server " ) came.

Since the film footage and interviews were conducted exclusively in Silicon Valley, with viewers the wrong image could arise that Linux was developed practically there. Interviews with developers in Europe are missing, yet the work documents the most important events in the evolution of GNU / Linux.

Awards

Revolution OS was shown at various film festivals and won the award twice as best documentary at the Savannah Film Festival ( October 30-November 3 2001) and the Kudzu Film Festival (October 11, 2001).

Movie on DVD

The film is available on two DVDs, the second DVD contains unedited versions of the interviews.

Data from the DVD:

  • Region free (Region 0 ), i.e., it can be played on all DVD players
  • Not CSS - encrypted,
  • Term of DVD 1 (the cut film ): 85 minutes,
  • Digital stereo surround sound,
  • Contains an audio track with commentary of the filmmaker.
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