Register • FAQ • Search • Login

View unanswered posts | View active topics It is currently Fri Jul 25, 2025 11:47 pm


Board index » In the News

All times are UTC




Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 8 posts ] 
Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
PS3 cans Linux 
Author Message
pcernie
Legend

Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
Reply with quote
Post PS3 cans Linux
Quote:
PlayStation owners won't have the option to install Linux on their machines following the newest PS3 firmware upgrade which is due to arrive this week.

The update comes on April 1st but apparently this is no April Fool's day gag as its being reported on the PlayStation Europe blog.

Sony has cited the rather vague sounding "security concerns", as the main cause why the alternative OS option is being removed, though that unlikely to appease PS3 owners who have been running Linux on their machine for a while.

Of course the install is not mandatory, so you can keep your OS if you want, that is of course unless you don't want to access PSN or play games online.

Seems a bit of a weird decision to us and it's really going to piss off all those scientists who've hooked up multiple PS3s to form supercomputers. No more lunchtime sessions of Uncharted 2 for them.


http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=240799

That's all kinds of retarded, and typical Sony from what I can tell... Oh, and I know it's an unfortunate timing issue, but releasing an update on April 1st is just asking for trouble :oops:

_________________
Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:53 am
Profile
TheHobgob
Occasionally has a life
User avatar

Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:33 pm
Posts: 491
Location: UK, England.
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
Perhaps that is the work around for the hack...that whats his name made (the iphone hacker), he said it was 95% software and 5% hardware.

_________________
Twitter: AdamW89
Flickr: The Hobgob

Nietzsche wrote:
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:59 am
Profile
Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
Posts: 7173
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
Dear Sony,

Where's my refund?

Yours,

A consumer who's left with a machine which can do less than it could at launch. :evil:

_________________
timark_uk wrote:
That's your problem. You need Linux. That'll fix all your problems.
Mark
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:22 pm
Profile
forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm
Posts: 5159
Location: /dev/tty0
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
A quote from IRC:
Quote:
tomcw: Syldra: that was its only good feature!


I suspect a few people around the globe will be upset and asking for refunds. It'd be like buying a Dell to run Linux on and finding that a year down the line Dell upgraded the firmware forcing you to use Windows...

Eugh!

:wink: :P
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:40 pm
Profile WWW
ProfessorF
What's a life?
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
Posts: 12030
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
What sort of percentage of consumers run linux on their PS3?
I'll hazard a guess it's well under 10%.
What's the advantage of running it on a PS3?

_________________
www.alexsmall.co.uk

Charlie Brooker wrote:
Windows works for me. But I'd never recommend it to anybody else, ever.
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:44 pm
Profile
forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm
Posts: 5159
Location: /dev/tty0
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
ProfessorF wrote:
What's the advantage of running it on a PS3?


I believe the hardware is very good for the price of the console, so people doing scientific computation (including Folding@Home) like them.
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:46 pm
Profile WWW
saspro
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
Posts: 8603
Location: location, location
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
forquare1 wrote:
ProfessorF wrote:
What's the advantage of running it on a PS3?


I believe the hardware is very good for the price of the console, so people doing scientific computation (including Folding@Home) like them.


The PS3 native f@h client is much better than running a client on linux on a PS3 (if that makes sense).

You could still make a cheap PS3 render farm though.


You can almost bet money on the fact it's their easy fix to stop the console being hacked.
If you do run linux on it as part of a farm then you probably wouldn't do the update anyway as you wouldn't be gaming etc

_________________
Support X404, use our Amazon link
Get your X404 tat here
jonlumb wrote:
I've only ever done it with a chicken so far, but if required I wouldn't have any problems doing it with other animals at all.
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:52 pm
Profile WWW
Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
Posts: 7173
Reply with quote
Post Re: PS3 cans Linux
It makes a handy portable PC for me. Not anymore apparently, have e-mailed Sony. :evil:

_________________
timark_uk wrote:
That's your problem. You need Linux. That'll fix all your problems.
Mark
Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:57 pm
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Reply to topic   Page 1 of 1
  [ 8 posts ] 

Board index » In the News

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Designed by ST Software.