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post Nov 12 2006, 07:27 PM
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Sony PlayStation 3 Linux Platform Support at Power Developer
Posted by XanTium | 12-11-2006 13:27 EST
 
From powerdeveloper.org:
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Power Developer is pleased to provide the relevant Linux support patches and documentation for running Linux on the Sony PlayStation 3.

The PlayStation 3 games console was released in Japan today and will go on sale in the US market on Friday, 17th November.
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Read More: powerdeveloper.org (incl. downloads/docs)

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post Nov 12 2006, 08:22 PM
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Forgive my noobishness, but does this mean you can run any Linux distro you want on the PS3, not just Yellow Dog?
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post Nov 12 2006, 08:42 PM
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It sounds like you can run any distro as long as they have the PS3 'patches' applied.

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post Nov 13 2006, 12:06 AM
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QUOTE(epsilon72 @ Nov 12 2006, 08:29 PM) *

Forgive my noobishness, but does this mean you can run any Linux distro you want on the PS3, not just Yellow Dog?


yes, any distro compatible with powerpc

like:
Ubuntu
Fedora Core
SUSE/openSUSE
Gentoo

see the doc available on site for more details.
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post Nov 13 2006, 12:53 AM
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QUOTE(XanTium @ Nov 12 2006, 07:13 PM) *

yes, any distro compatible with powerpc

like:
Ubuntu
Fedora Core
SUSE/openSUSE
Gentoo

see the doc available on site for more details.

wow, that is great.

When you install an alternative OS on the PS3 does it overide the stock GUI, i.e. upon bootup will the PS3 go in to the alternate OS? Or do you go in to the XMB interface and then launch the OS?

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post Nov 13 2006, 01:07 AM
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QUOTE(silentbob343 @ Nov 12 2006, 05:00 PM) *

wow, that is great.

When you install an alternative OS on the PS3 does it overide the stock GUI, i.e. upon bootup will the PS3 go in to the alternate OS? Or do you go in to the XMB interface and then launch the OS?


That would be nice cool.gif

I'll have to find out what distros are PowerPC compatible---I'm going to try out Suse for my PC, but that probably won't work for the PS3.
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post Nov 13 2006, 03:26 AM
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QUOTE(epsilon72 @ Nov 12 2006, 05:14 PM) *


That would be nice cool.gif

I'll have to find out what distros are PowerPC compatible---I'm going to try out Suse for my PC, but that probably won't work for the PS3.


I'm stupid. Did not read Xantium's post.
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post Nov 13 2006, 03:34 AM
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QUOTE(epsilon72 @ Nov 12 2006, 10:33 PM) *

I'm stupid. Did not read Xantium's post.

lol was going to post that, but figured you would find out.
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post Nov 13 2006, 02:03 PM
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Oh man, Imagine a MythTV box on a PS3... schwinggggggg
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post Nov 13 2006, 02:09 PM
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QUOTE(VinnySem @ Nov 13 2006, 09:10 AM) *

Oh man, Imagine a MythTV box on a PS3... schwinggggggg

yup that's what we've been thinking.
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