Revolution OS - Definition and Overview

Revolution OS is a documentary which traces the history of Linux, Free Software and the Open Source movement. It features several interviews with prominent hackers, including Linus Torvalds, Richard M Stallman, Eric S. Raymond, Brian Behlendorf and Bruce Perens. It was directed by J.T.S. Moore.

The film appeared in several film festivals including South By Southwest Film Festival, the Atlanta Film & Video Festival, Boston Film Festival, and Denver International Film Festival; it won Best Documentary at both the Savannah Film & Video Festival and the Kudzu Film Festival.

The second DVD of the two-disc special edition, created by ThinkGeek, contains uncut versions of the interviews.

A write-in campaign to Wonderview Productions, copyright holders of Revolution OS, to get them to donate the uncut interviews to Archive.org is underway.

External links

• Revolution OS website (http://www.revolution-os.com/)
• imdb entry which lists the actors (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308808/)
• imdb filmography of ESR, which lists other Linux and hacker documentaries (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713253/)
• at thinkgeek.com (http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5dd5/)