Installing Linux on the PS3

It just happens that we managed to get our grubby hands on a piano-black Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) and after the initial hoo-ha had died down, we realized the dire lack of things that we could actually do with that expensive machine. In short, we had this expensive shiny console coveted by many but there wasn’t really any ‘killer app’ that made us want to turn it on. But then saying the PS3 is just a console is like saying football is just a game. We know it’s much more than that. For beneath that black hood lies the powerful Cell processor, jointly developed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony.

…In the end, similar to the state of PS3 games and Blu-ray at the moment, there is a lot of untapped potential in the PS3. The idea of getting a full-fledged Linux based computer along with a game console and Blu-ray player appeals to the geek within us, while we would certainly like to see emulators like MAME or ZSNES running on the PS3 just for kicks. However, at this moment, there is also a lot of work to be done. We’ll update this article (or better yet, dedicate a whole new article) once we get a copy of Yellow Dog Linux on our PS3 and maybe there will be some progress then.

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