PS3 Gets linux
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Hey guys... Ive just been reading some PS3 news and it seems that the new Playstation 3 dashboard allows you to install a linux operating system on the box!! - Once installed you can either boot into Linux or the dashboard for loading games. Sony have called it the Open Platform According to the forums ive been reading it’s engineered in a way where Linux doesn’t run on the actual hardware, but runs in a virtual machine on top of the hardware, thus locking out pirated games and stuff. Also one of the linux disto's that is supported is ubuntu!! This could be a cool toy to play around with especially if Mono runs fine on it. Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
flippydeflippydebop wrote:
Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
Yep, $600 for a 60 GB Linux box is a bit much ;)
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Hey guys... Ive just been reading some PS3 news and it seems that the new Playstation 3 dashboard allows you to install a linux operating system on the box!! - Once installed you can either boot into Linux or the dashboard for loading games. Sony have called it the Open Platform According to the forums ive been reading it’s engineered in a way where Linux doesn’t run on the actual hardware, but runs in a virtual machine on top of the hardware, thus locking out pirated games and stuff. Also one of the linux disto's that is supported is ubuntu!! This could be a cool toy to play around with especially if Mono runs fine on it. Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
Guess Sony was tired of being left out of the hardware hack box market. (As the Xbox has had hacks to run various forms of *Nix since day 2 :) )
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Hey guys... Ive just been reading some PS3 news and it seems that the new Playstation 3 dashboard allows you to install a linux operating system on the box!! - Once installed you can either boot into Linux or the dashboard for loading games. Sony have called it the Open Platform According to the forums ive been reading it’s engineered in a way where Linux doesn’t run on the actual hardware, but runs in a virtual machine on top of the hardware, thus locking out pirated games and stuff. Also one of the linux disto's that is supported is ubuntu!! This could be a cool toy to play around with especially if Mono runs fine on it. Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
flippydeflippydebop wrote:
Sony have called it the Open Platform
That's pretty impressive if you ask me.
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Guess Sony was tired of being left out of the hardware hack box market. (As the Xbox has had hacks to run various forms of *Nix since day 2 :) )
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
S Douglas wrote:
As the Xbox has had hacks to run various forms of *Nix since day 2
But Xbox360 doesn't. :)
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flippydeflippydebop wrote:
Sony have called it the Open Platform
That's pretty impressive if you ask me.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001hahah... no need for sarcasm tags with that one! :):)
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flippydeflippydebop wrote:
Sony have called it the Open Platform
That's pretty impressive if you ask me.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I can just imagine the head technological leader saying this and doing the quotes signs with his hands, Sony have called it the <Open Platform> and another guy at the back of the room cough "ripoff" cough :laugh:
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flippydeflippydebop wrote:
Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
Yep, $600 for a 60 GB Linux box is a bit much ;)
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Hey guys... Ive just been reading some PS3 news and it seems that the new Playstation 3 dashboard allows you to install a linux operating system on the box!! - Once installed you can either boot into Linux or the dashboard for loading games. Sony have called it the Open Platform According to the forums ive been reading it’s engineered in a way where Linux doesn’t run on the actual hardware, but runs in a virtual machine on top of the hardware, thus locking out pirated games and stuff. Also one of the linux disto's that is supported is ubuntu!! This could be a cool toy to play around with especially if Mono runs fine on it. Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
flippydeflippydebop wrote:
Ive just been reading some PS3 news and it seems that the new Playstation 3 dashboard allows you to install a linux operating system on the box!!
Not surprising as both the PS2 and PS3 use a modified linux for their OS. http://playstation2-linux.com/[^] http://www.devnet.scea.com/[^]
-Sean ---- Shag a Lizard
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Guess Sony was tired of being left out of the hardware hack box market. (As the Xbox has had hacks to run various forms of *Nix since day 2 :) )
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
Umm, The PS2 OS *is* linux. :doh:
-Sean ---- Shag a Lizard
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Hey guys... Ive just been reading some PS3 news and it seems that the new Playstation 3 dashboard allows you to install a linux operating system on the box!! - Once installed you can either boot into Linux or the dashboard for loading games. Sony have called it the Open Platform According to the forums ive been reading it’s engineered in a way where Linux doesn’t run on the actual hardware, but runs in a virtual machine on top of the hardware, thus locking out pirated games and stuff. Also one of the linux disto's that is supported is ubuntu!! This could be a cool toy to play around with especially if Mono runs fine on it. Having said that, the price of the ps3 is still pretty steep!
Sony are trying to make it appear to be a general-purpose computer so they don't get billed for higher customs duties for importing entertainment devices, in some countries.
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