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ps3basefan
05-17-2005, 08:04 AM
Do you think it will be possible to install Linux on a ps3 and use it as a regular PC? it would be a hack of lot cheaper than buying a notebook pc...
The_One
05-17-2005, 08:51 AM
Nobody knows right now... But for those hardcore gadget freaks out there... It's probably possible ;).
n1n9tean
05-17-2005, 08:55 AM
wouldn't DARE let anyone inside my PS3 until like atleast 4 years after owning it......when all the trial and error mod attemps are out of the way. :lol:
stanDarsh
05-17-2005, 03:01 PM
why bother modding it to install linux? More than likely an office Linux kit will be released for PS3, just like there was for PS2. In fact hasn't cell already been known to be able to run multiple operating systems?
Coded-Dude
05-17-2005, 08:51 PM
Is SONY really wants this thing to take over home multimedia devices
(dvd's, cd's, pc's, etc., etc.)

They'd better make it so that the "geeks" can do what they want with it.
encode/decode video, stream, serve, surf, etc.etc.
I think the OS will be similar to PSP, but instead of sccrolling left or right for selections.
(one of the analouges will be a pointer device)
NeoSNightmarE
05-17-2005, 10:55 PM
Being an XBOX Linux user, I would have to say that somewhere down the line it will be able too. I mean, it has a cell processor that I would think can handle any OS if given the right software.
Coded-Dude
05-17-2005, 11:40 PM
Being an XBOX Linux user, I would have to say that somewhere down the line it will be able too. I mean, it has a cell processor that I would think can handle any OS if given the right software.

Yes it also alrady been stated(by one of the designers - IBM i think) that CELL WILL SUPPORT LINUX, and many other OS's
NeoSNightmarE
05-18-2005, 12:12 AM
That's pretty nice sounding Dude. Can't wait to see what's in store.
Bocuma
05-18-2005, 02:42 PM
The development environment is made up of parts we're already intimately familiar with: OpenGL, NVIDIA graphics, Linux, and PowerPC. Think about Epic's experience, for example. We rock on NVIDIA hardware. We have been doing OpenGL since Unreal 1. We regularly ship our games on Linux and we've won several Macintosh Game of the Year awards. We're going to be able to kick serious ass on PS3

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/615/615178p1.html?fromint=1