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Linux Journal: "We're getting close to the last stops on our tour of NLEs for Linux. This week I've focused my attention on two editors, both of which surprised me in many ways."

We're getting close to the last stops on our tour of NLEs for Linux. This week I've focused my attention on two editors, both of which surprised me in many ways.

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Phoronix: "For those interested in 3D modeling and graphics, you will want to check out the first alpha release of Blender 2.5.

Blender 2.5 is bringing major changes to this free software 3D graphics application."

Free Software Magazine: "Many tutorials for Blender assume that you already have a professional understanding of 3D modelling process.

They are tutorials on how to use Blender, not on how to do 3D modelling."

LinuxPR: On Saturday, September 19th, 2009, the Atlanta Linux Fest will be the place to learn, discuss, and discover Linux.

Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE will be showing off their distributions. OSS projects like SugarCRM, Blender, and Drupal will be talking about their projects.

Packt: "Ask just about any beginning modeler (and many experienced ones) and they'll tell you that the ear is a challenge!

There are so many turns and folds in the human ear that it poses a modeling nightmare. But, that being said, it is also an excellent exercise in clean modeling."

Packt: "In this two-part tutorial by Jonathan Williamson, we are going to look at how to model a character head in Blender.

Along with basic modeling tools we will also focus heavily on good topology and how to create a clean mesh that will deform well during animation."

Free Software Magazine: "This time the project is focusing on an adolescent audience with an epic-fantasy setting and a female protagonist (my son aptly dubbed this the “Chicks in Chainmail” genre)."

Packt: "In this article series by Reynante Martinez, we will learn how to go about creating really convincing still images in Blender with the help of Blender Internal Renderer."

Linux Today Blog: "Well, not the movies exactly, but on YouTube....Here is a collection of short videos starring Linux: from IBM, Novell, and random creative people doing random creative acts like taking Tux skydiving, running 165 Linux applications at once, and making movies with Blender.

Enjoy!"