[teknomage1]

That's a circular argument, some of them use maya or houdini, and some use proprietary applications, but in any case they also use linux features such as shells and environment features to track where in the production their work goes. Plus they have to manage their personal files and send email and write general office type stuff. If they couldn't use maya you'd say it's too hard to use because their programs don't exist on linux. I think the only difference here is that most people grew up on Windows. If we can get artist up to speed on linux in less than a day, there's no way it's too unfriendly.