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- HCviolence, on 11/30/2007, -5/+81Ironically I believe that the PS3 may find success in the stuff you not supposed to do as opposed to the stuff offered by Sony. much like the lasting power of the original XBOX with it's XBMC hack.
- 4DFX, on 11/30/2007, -3/+71Reading that forum made me feel really stupid :P
- nemoder, on 11/30/2007, -8/+58Maybe they'll even be able to write a ps3 emulator! ...
- triplehelix, on 11/30/2007, -6/+52this will open up a whole world of homebrew for the ps3.
- arcticblue, on 11/30/2007, -2/+40[sigh]
I submitted this a couple weeks ago. After it died in the PS3 section, I submitted it again to the Linux section where it died again. I'm wondering...to get to the front page, is it a prerequisite that you create multiple accounts and send shout spam? I'm not upset or anything, I just find it odd that only a few people can get stuff to the front page while interesting stories submitted by others never make it out of upcoming. It might just be me, but I feel like Digg is flawed in this aspect. - BlazinEurasian, on 11/30/2007, -8/+42This should allow for some low spec PC games to be played on PS3. Maybe one day Doom 3 on the HDTV.
- mooninite, on 11/30/2007, -10/+39Considering the 3D chip in the PS3 is equivalent to a nVidia 7800 desktop chip, it will play more than "low spec" PC games.
- atmodiws, on 11/30/2007, -3/+29You forget that the PS3 isn't 32-bits x86 architecture... Which means that Doom 3 and any closed source games won't play, unless specifically made for PS3
- GreatDrok, on 11/30/2007, -2/+20To all those thinking that they will be able to play PC games on a PS3 (assuming the use of Wine I expect) you should remember that the PS3 has a PPC based CPU, not Intel which means that Wine won't work unless you hook it into Qemu for example which the DarWine guys were trying to do. Unless the source code is available you won't be running PC games any time soon.
- martian67, on 11/30/2007, -4/+22WINE IS NOT AN EMULATOR
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -0/+17"Hell, if they get full access to the cell CPU"
Linux has since day 1. Even shows you while booting it has full access to both PPU threads, and 6 SPUs. - wilhel1812, on 11/30/2007, -1/+18compiz!!
- ehal256, on 11/30/2007, -8/+24doom3 requires at the minimum 384MB of ram, even in linux, it might not have the ram needed for it :D
- Microdot, on 11/30/2007, -1/+17who cares about games... you have a ps3 sitting there for gods sake. i want 3d acceleration so i can start streaming some of these hd movies i have sitting on my NAS.
- Rhinodog8, on 11/30/2007, -2/+18thats kool ans all but can we encode x.264 using all of the ps3 power yet? now thats something I would like to see
- ch0p57ickz, on 11/30/2007, -5/+21since when was a 6x core computer *****?
- verkon, on 11/30/2007, -0/+16then screw doom3, get Quake 3 Arena instead, open source,yeah.
- SignorDildo, on 11/30/2007, -3/+18Gimme a keyboard, gimme a mouse, and gimme Kubuntu and full PS3 hardware support at a kernel module level, and I'll seriously consider dumping my desktop PC. Let me run PS, PS2 and PS3 games FROM the desktop and SEEMLESSLY RETURN to the desktop when I want to get some work done and I WILL dump my desktop PC.
- EBFoxbat, on 11/30/2007, -0/+14I would expect that the ps3 would be rather good at tasks like transcoding video and other CPU intensive applications should one write software to do such specifically for the ps3 and it's Cell madness.
- IdanE, on 11/30/2007, -2/+16Actually, if I had an OS that had access to all the PS3 HW, I might just buy it. I use XBMC and love it, and since the team is working on a linux port, if I could get a PS3, run XBMC on it, use it for various other things (I'm not counting PS3 gaming, as those games aren't that interesting atm) and get a BD player as well, I might just be willing to buy the system.
Hell, if they get full access to the cell CPU, I might just get one and use it for my final school project, just to be different. - TheKrillr, on 11/30/2007, -3/+17I seriously want to know what part of your ass you pulled "dynamic recompilation" out of.
- magicaltrevor, on 11/30/2007, -1/+14Yeah. It. Keeps. Putting. Words. I. Type. As. Whole. Sentences.
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -0/+13So, Sony already has your money?
- Sniper, on 11/30/2007, -2/+14Playing Q3A on PS3 FTW
- TheKrillr, on 11/30/2007, -0/+11Um, it doesn't. Not unless you're runinng it through usermode Qemu.
- JayD16, on 11/30/2007, -2/+13No recursion!
- meed, on 11/30/2007, -3/+14I have already played doom3 on my HDTV when I connected my computer up to my it.
- Wrathernaut, on 11/30/2007, -3/+14Sony's purpose of allowing linux on the PS3 was to show that it wasn't just a gaming console, but a real computer, NOT for people to mess around with it. They purposefully locked access to the RSX (graphics chip) so that people couldn't make games for LinuxPS3, completely avoiding licensing fees.
- silverwolfe, on 11/30/2007, -3/+14Which can be shared and is 512MB total.
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -6/+17Reading your post made me feel really smart!
:D - Klarth, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10Not really, considering the PSP's exploits (of which there are absolutely loads) were found in the firmware, leading to awesome integration between official and homebrew content, and this is (so far) just a proof of concept in an officially-endorsed Linux distro separate from most hardware functions. As far as I know, nobody's touched the official firmware yet. In short, it'll be a long, long time before the PS3 is anywhere near as capable a homebrew platform as its handheld cousin.
- RJNavarrete, on 11/30/2007, -2/+12IT MAKES MINE ALL CAPS!!!!1
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10People buying PS3s for any reason = higher console sales. Whether or not they buy games, increasing console sales does a lot for getting more exclusive content for the people that do. Also, it's likely that people who buy a PS3 for this purpose will also buy games and movies for it if they have one, particularly because installing Linux on the PS3 doesn't interfere with its normal operation. In fact, it's impossible as far as I know to completely remove the regular OS partition.
- vaxt, on 11/30/2007, -1/+11SWEET! TUX RACER ON PS3!
- philhatesyou, on 11/30/2007, -2/+11Linux on the PS3 has full access to the Cell. Perhaps minus one SPE.
- harvinator24, on 11/30/2007, -5/+14the ps3 is starting to sound like the psp with all the hacks.
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -2/+11It's better than any of my computers.
- Stonekeeper, on 11/30/2007, -2/+10The folding@home stats would say otherwise....
- CrazyDave303, on 11/30/2007, -0/+8Because some of them are happy to port Linux to EVERY THING that as processor and ram.
I could not find a real list so this will have to do
http://www.linuxactionshow.com/forum/comments.php? ... - nailer, on 11/30/2007, -0/+8Doom 3, like Q3A and ID games before it, will be released as Open Source when ID releases its next major engine.
- smergs, on 11/30/2007, -2/+10I played it on the original Xbox on my HDTV. (I know it's dumbed down from the PC version)
BTW, who would really want to play DOOM 3 again? it wasn't that great. - Tiak, on 11/30/2007, -3/+11Which of course, is HORRIBLE news for Sony... if the PS3 becomes a cheap piece of reliable hardware, without inspiring purchases of blu-ray films and games, they lose assloads of money.
- kyrre, on 11/30/2007, -1/+8Yeah, but will you be able to install your favorite models, maps and mods? The PS3 Linux version will let you do that.
- DarkDx, on 11/30/2007, -0/+7I ***** hope somebody does it, considering that as you said, it doesn't need hacking, it shouldn't be that hard (at least it doesn't need hacking).
- krische, on 11/30/2007, -1/+8Except the give you the option to install linux on it. It's right in the XMB. "Install other OS"
- Pinhedd, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6yes it can be shared but addressing it would be a bitch
- mCanada, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7If sony figures this out (maybe they have) then they should exploit it ie. why should they worry about Doom3 being ported? I mean it's simply icing on the cake for your users. This could give them a boost that they desperately need and a user base that could last years into the future. Like OP said, my XBMC box still is kick after how many years (7????) if MS still made games for it with online support I'd buy them!!! So think about the hacker / OSS community Sony you might just have a business model that could last a damn long time and since your loosing your ass on the hardware anyways who cares about making the user upgrade every 3-4 years
- noseeme, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6Now we just need to find a way to install more RAM into the PS3... :D
- netdroid9, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7It doesn't, at least, not as far as I can remember. Winelib, the library that can be linked into Windows applications to compile them for Linux without changing API calls, can be compiled for almost anything.
- philhatesyou, on 11/30/2007, -2/+8Seeing as to how access to the Cell processor isn't restricted in Linux, this would only take a re-write of whatever transcoder you use to take advantage of the processor's features. Of course, that's harder than it sounds.
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