lists.alioth.debian.org — Takeshi Yaegashi has announced the release of what appears to be the first Linux live CD designed for the Sony PlayStation 3: "I've released Debian live CD for PlayStation 3 which also integrates the Debian-Installer in a single ISO image." The CD boots into a GNOME 2.14 desktop environment complemented by a small selection of other useful software
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sulfJan 16, 2007
Can anybody tell me the point of running Linux on the PlayStation3? It is obvious that it cannot use all the power that the hardware provides.
pabsterJan 16, 2007
Sad, but true.
sscrowJan 16, 2007
Now can have a PS3 Linux server!
jayd16Jan 16, 2007
@sulfWow this is the first digg post I've seen that I utterly and totally disagree with on every aspect.Why put it on? Its a toy...I like to toy with toys.Any real reason? Well odds are theres going to a lot of fun open source stuff that I wont be able to do on the Sony OS. For one, once the community gets wifi drivers out I can put bit torrent and download movies straight to PS3 and watch it on my TV...seamless.I have no idea what you're talking about with the 480 comment...For the PS3 the video card is pretty average. The power is in the Cell. Whether that was a good design choice is another conversation but to say that the video card is the man reason to get a ps3 is completely misinformed. Hopefully, with enough pressure, Sony will make some sort of compromise with the graphics card on the PS3 that lets us use it but goes through the PS3 OS so they can reassure the movie industry they are still in control.
alx242Jan 16, 2007
@thecheatah:Or they just optimized the boot (easily done via recompile of the kernel or excluding any unnecessary daemons).
zetsurinJan 16, 2007
Where are the good Wii games aside from Zelda by the way?
lycolocoJan 16, 2007
"Where are the good Wii games aside from Zelda by the way?"If you owned a Wii, you'd know ;-)