Turn Your PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC

[W2NAP]

Gotta try this soon. Has anyone done this & did things go smoothly? If linux can tap the full power of the PS3 engine, that could be a very powerful workstation.

I have heard some people who have done it and claimed that it worked out quite well. But as for me I have never tried it. I never owned a PS2 or PS3. I do like my PDP-11 though.

just wish i had the money one of them ps3 cost.

[W1GUH]

I put LInux on my PS3 today & it seems all good. There's the usual wrinkles that were a little time-consuming, but no show-stoppers & it seems to work just fine.

Also, changing the hard disk in the PS3 is basically trivial, and the link in this thread went very smoothly. One thing...somehow I could only allocate 10 G from a 250 G disk for Linux. That seems small, and probably I'm going to have to go back and firgure out how to make the PS3 make a bigger partition.

Also, having a problem getting Flash to install, they all seem to be for "386", I couldn't get one for Power PC. That'll take some searching.

The cool thing is I don't need to swap out the disk; changing between Linux and Game, while not trivial -- needs a "trick" -- is esier than swapping out the disk.

If you've got a PS3 it's a neat thing to do. Just be prepared to devote some hours to it...about 3 is a good estimate. Between the download times, the DVD burning time, the installation time, and all the "what do I do now?" times, it's not "instant".

Good luck with it!

One thing...I understand the new, slimmer PS3 doesn't do Linux, so if you want to do this, get an old "fat" PS3.

[W4GPL]

One thing...I understand the new, slimmer PS3 doesn't do Linux, so if you want to do this, get an old "fat" PS3.

This is true, but for a $299 price tag, I'll deal with the minor limitation.

[WØTKX]

There are some things that are just there to bloat the system and are unnecessary. Surely there is a list somewhere of what you can turn off.

I passed the phrase Windows XP unneeded processes to the Mighty Oracle of Google, and got this simple result. Check the other linkies that pop up as well:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2005Feb5.html

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