Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy

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Date:

18-03-2008
Vendor:

IBM
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Type:

Whitepapers
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Not specified
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PDF, Acrobat Reader
Pages:

5

Publisher’s description

The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. In this paper, first in a series, Peter Seebach introduces the features and benefits of PS3 Linux, and explains some of the issues that might benefit from a bit of tweaking. When Sony first announced that the PlayStation 3 would be able to run Linux natively, a great deal of excitement ensued. Early on, it was a bit of a challenge to get Linux natively installed. The supported installer ran a custom script that hand-mangled a Fedora Core 5 or 6 install DVD into a runnable system with a special PS3 kernel. People put in hours and hours of effort to get other systems, such as Ubuntu, working.

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Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy