http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/ Engadget Comments for Fedora Linux up and running on PlayStation 3 (with video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Jun 20th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/then i type in "game" it says something about error: cant start other boot flag
what do i do??
is there a way i can completely return my ps3 to factory settings from the kboot: prompt because thats as far as it lets me go
please help ]]>Dec 15th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Thumbs up, thats awesome. Can't wait to see the hordes of PS3s out there running Folding@home]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
Also heard from a source that the next shipment of PS3 consoles to finish those pre-order lists will be this Tuesday the 21st.]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/which means
play genesis, gba, snes, n64, etc, etc]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
Even if windows was written well enough to be portable between ISA's, it's to bloated for that sleek machine by far.]]>Feb 17th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
It'd be cool to get xgl/compiz running on it. And to be fair, it's running quite quick, cause it probably takes about 2 minutes for me to boot fedora core on my 3 ghz machine, and the video was over in 2:30.

U all know this means the ps3 is already the ultimate emulation platform, expect to see all past-gen consoles emulated on it, including mame and everything which has technically already been ported.

I doubt you'll see it emulating xbox360 though, I bet you wish it could, then maybe you ps3 owners could play some gears of war. To bad it's technically impossible, not to mention that the 360 is actually faster then the ps3 when it comes to common everyday regular multi-threaded code. Although the ps3 would probably cream the 360 at folding@home.]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 20th 2006 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
wow, the 360 can't be used as a PC. oh wait, i have 2 laptops and a desktop to do those things with and it was a hell of alot easier than worrying about installing linux on a machine with limited inputs and driver availablitity.
hope you have an external DVD or cd drive, cause other wise your not doing much of anything than using that as a network machine.]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
Sheesh, he didn't even open the system monitor or look at the filesystem.
Really, what's the point of making a video if all you're going to do is flip through the menus; look like a buffoon by staring blankly at the file explorer and clicking the Show Desktop button for no reason; then turn it off?

Hoping to see a better video soon...]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
Another great reason not to make games for the PS3!]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Piracy! Awesome!
>Another great reason not to make games for the PS3!

Running linux on it has nothing to do with piracy.]]>Nov 19th 2006 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
I bought an Xbox to run XBMC - haven't ever used it for games. If this PS3 can run "homebrew" code out-of-the-box, then a media player distro seems inevitable. Well, I hope so anyway. The xbox is noisy (and ugly).]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
Upgrade that hard drive.. usb tuner..]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Install Manual of Open Platform for PLAYSTATION®3

Requirements for Installing "Other OS"

* Personal computer (PC)
* PLAYSTATION®3 (a free space of 10 MB or more must be available on the hard disk)
* Environment that allows your PC to connect to the Internet
* Any of the following recording media with a free space of 10 MB or more
* Commercially available USB memory device
* Commercially available USB-connectable hard disk
* Empty CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVE+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, BD-R, or BD-RE disc
* Memory Stick™ *
* SD memory card *
* CompactFlash® *


http://www.playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/manual.html]]>Nov 19th 2006 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
So... while $500 (plus a large hard drive) looks fairly steep for a console (I definitely wouldn't buy one for games) it is damn cheap for a well designed media center PC. You would be hard pressed to beat the form factor/power/noise level buying components from NewEgg.

If Fedora runs, Myth will too. In all seriousness, I might buy one (once they actually become available) and never boot it into gaming mode.]]>Nov 19th 2006 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://avreport.com]]>Nov 19th 2006 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.playstation.com/ps3-openplatform/index.html]]>Nov 19th 2006 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
Still, that with MythTV or Freevo on it will make a nice set up (especially if you can get a decent USB capture device). I'm now slightly more interested in a PS3, but it has the same issue that the original Xbox had (with XBMC), it just doesn't look right with other AV components. Hopefully a replacement case design will come along, because I'm far too lazy to design my own.]]>Nov 19th 2006 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
And by the way, I am having issues with Network support, sound support, and mounting the optical drive, but that could be my unfamiliarity with Gnome (I'm a KDE guy) so I'll keep working on it and post some video once I get the machine fully functional. Unless someone else beats me to it, because I'm sure there's someone more qualified than I to figure it out!]]>Nov 19th 2006 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZXcuhJkwx4]]>Nov 19th 2006 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/well, faster than any Intel machines I ever used.

(provided the video is running at normal speed)]]>Nov 19th 2006 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
And whats the sense in a ps3 linux box if you need a PC to get it completed why not just run it on the darn PC????

And if this is one of those "we can do it" running linux... impressive was an ipod running linux not a ps3...

But as i said, why run any desktop OS linux or otherwise if the cell processor doesnt have any branch prediction? Like i said in the previous post, a friggin inorder executive processor is enough to slam anyones hopes of the ps3 as a relevent alternative to standard desktops (athlon / core duo etc)

]]>Nov 19th 2006 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
So lets see a hard to find 600$ device, that if you buy it now will cost 2000-9000$ and wont include any tv tuners and is non upgradeable in anyway except harddrive... so you'll need to get other compatible tv tuners via usb as well....

or the alternative, a htpc with mythtv for around the same price if not less than the cheapest ps3 you can find... and it'll be faster because it doesnt use the stupid cell and uses a proper general processor.

I just really cant see peoples logic in the least]]>Nov 19th 2006 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 22nd 2006 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/Nov 19th 2006 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/19/fedora-linux-up-and-running-on-playstation-3-with-video/
the point was there are people saying "i think i'll get one to run mythtv on" and it just didnt make sense... yes as a console it might be good (though recent reviews of ps3 games is quite lacking) the fact is the ability to use a desktop os as it is just a gimmick and i hate to see people eating it up.

Especially when places like engadget are saying the ps3 is a "supercomputer" when in actuallity the hardware inside the ps3 is not designed to be any type of general purpose computer in the least by sheer hardware design.]]>Nov 19th 2006 10:13PM