In talking to the great folks over at cmiVFX they have prepared a special promotion and code specifically for readers of Lesterbanks.com offering 30% off their new training tittle Linux For Visual Effects. Thanks to Eric and Chris for this!

LESTERBANKS PROMOTION:

CMIVFX LINUX USAGE FOR VISUAL EFFECTS & COMPUTER GRAPHICS PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT

30% off code only for Linux for CG
Code: LESTER
(offer valid for 60 days)

Simply use the code LESTER when purchasing the Linux For Visual Effects title over at cmiVFX and receive 30% off. Linux for Visual Effects is geared towards anyone who might be an absolute Lunix beginner, but will show you how to create and set up a Linux environment for Visual Effects and CG production.

If you missed the news, check out a previous post for CMIVFX RELEASES LINUX USAGE FOR VISUAL EFFECTS & COMPUTER GRAPHICS PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT here.

The Linux primer is aimed at the beginner with an emphasis towards heavy demands computational efficiency and stability. Topics covered include the installation, configuration and use of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Fedora Linux distributions. Application installations include but are not limited to: Houdini, Nuke, RealFlow, Blender and Wings3D.