Sony's
disabling of Linux on the
PS3 has made many people very angry, some
more so than others, but for an enthusiast named madshaun1984 it was something of a call to arms. He didn't file a
lawsuit or whine about it in forums -- oh no. He sat down to get XBMC working and has succeeded, albeit slowly. Right now the CellSDK that this build relies upon is not up to snuff performance-wise, so just scrolling through media is somewhat less than fun and you can forget about playing it. But, the hope is to improve that and to turn the PS3 into a proper media-streaming Linux box... so long as you don't update the firmware, anyway. Full instructions on how to do this are at the source link, but be prepared to spend the better part of an afternoon at it if you want to try yourself. For those not ready for that kind of commitment (or anyone who already has the latest firmware) you can just enjoy the video proof after the break.
posted May 15th 2010 10:20AM
If this guy gets XBMC running better then it did on the original XBox, I will be very happy and VERY pissed.
Happy that someone was finally able to do this as many said it wasn't possible.Pissed because I upgraded my PS3 to 3.30 and won't be able to use it.
:( Setting up XBMC on my Thinkpad is time-consuming. I don't mean the media stuff either. I'm trying to hack the IR port on the Thinkpad to work with a WMC remote. Not easy to say the least. Not to mention that my PS3 is already hooked up to my entertainment center. : continues to whine:
XBMC was groundbreaking back when the xbox was about the only cheap way to get a powerful media device hooked up to your TV but in a day when you can buy a new small form-factor PC for the same price as the gaming console it loses quite a bit of appeal. buy the tegra powered asus and install a proper, efficient XBMC rather than trying to re-invent the wheel. it doesn't even have an IR port... how can this be a supperior solution?