PS3 Linux
Linux PS3
Sony Linux Lawsuit
Recent firmware update removed "Other OS" option from PS3, thus making linux on PS3 no more possible option. If you think that Sony had a right to do such a thing, try to look at it from different perspective: You bought a new SUV from car dealer and one morning you wake up and see the very same car dealer going to your car, opening up your trunk and taking out the spare wheel. You ask him what the hell is he doing and he just says: i'm making this car safer. Looks like theft, isn't it? You paid for a SUV, dealer advertised that you get spare wheel with that, but after few months he decided that you don't need the extra wheel any nore, so he can just take it out from your SUV, even though you PAID for it. Some PS3 owners decided to live with it and stop using linux, but there are few who stood their ground and sued Sony.
Todd Densmore from Cumming, Georgia and Antal Herz from San Francisco, California.
These two guys filed the very first lawsuit on the fifth of May. They claimed that Sony made several of their PS3 features "inoperable", even though they paid for those features.
Second lawsuit was filed on 30th of April by five dudes from all across the USA. They are claiming that they "lost money by purchasing a PS3 without receiving the benefit of their bargain because the product is not what it was claimed to be - a game console that would provide both the Other OS feature and gaming functions."
Third lawsuit was filed on 28th of April by California guy named Anthony Ventura. 'Tony described Sony's action as "intentional disablement of the valuable functionalities originally advertised as available with the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console. This disablement is not only a breach of the sales contract between Sony and its customers and a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, but it is also an unfair and deceptive business practice perpetrated on millions of unsuspecting consumers." making him possible to seek "damages for Plaintiff and each class member, including but not limited to compensatory damages; restitution; injuctive relief; attorneys’ fees; and the cost of this suit." Actual number should be at least 5 million USD. Expensive Operating System, isn't it?:)
All class lawsuits includes anyone who purchased and still owns their PS3 from 17th of November, 2006 to 27th of March, 2010.
Linux on PS3
PlayStation 3 Linux
PS3 Linux
Sony released a new firmware (3.21) for PS3 which removes posibility named "Other OS". That means that from firmware 3.21 PS3 users can't install linux no more. Sony said that decision to kick out Linux geeks from company's playground was due to security concerns and removing "Other OS" option will make the whole system more stable. PS3 system or Sony's marketing system? Because when users have posibility to install any OS they want, they can install any software and any data they want. That removes Sony from posibly interrupting unwanted content, for example warez. Illegal games makes the company to lose money, because who will buy a game when you can get it for free over the internet? But should we, linux users, who want more from any hardware we have be satisfied that Sony left us with a gaming computer? When they released the computer they told it can be used as a regular PC. And it was possible. Plug your USB keyboard and mouse, install decent linux operating system and you have a decent media center, not just a big bulky game boy.
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Linux on PS3
PlayStation 3 Linux
PS3 Linux
There are more than few linux distribution from which you could choose if you want to try linux on your PS3. The world wide web is crowded with developers who got more than enough time to code that stuff.
One of the easiest to use linux distributions. Latest version ( 9.10 ) has been ported to PowerPC system (PS3 runs on a processor based on PowerPC). Ubuntu packs itself with free software that we all know and like, for example Mozilla Firefox. If you are troubled while loading web pages, just cut the tail of that fox, it might help :) Ubuntu is a Debian distribution derivative, so it uses the same .deb format for packages and the same package manager: APT Package Manager. Ubuntu releases a new version of its distribution every six months (half of a year).
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Linux on PS3
PlayStation 3 Linux
PS3 Linux
"It was fully intended that you, a PS3 owner, could play games, watch movies, view photos, listen to music, and run a full-featured Linux operating system that transforms your PS3 into a home computer." – Your PS3 manual says that.
All PlayStation 3 models, except PS3 slim are capable of running linux. Any linux based operating system can access 6 cores of your PS3 processor, totally it has 7, but the last one (RSX or Reality Synthesizer) isn't available, because Sony didn't wanted to give you full control over all things. But that shouldn't stop you from experiencing the joy of making a your gaming device into a media center or a regular PC.
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