Accelerating Linux

Linux, in large part, is coming to the graphic arts industry from red-hot stock market movers and shakers like Red Hat, a commercial distributor of the fledgling, open-source operating system. Other Linux distribution comes from Caldera, Mandrake and Stormix Technologies.

Presently, technology innovators such as SGI are grabbing onto the promise of Linux—and bringing that promise to the publishing and commercial printing environments.