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10-17-2006, 06:00 AM
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Points: 13.86 Donate | | | PS3 to run Yellow Dog Linux [UPDATE]
Since E3 2005, we have known that the PS3 will be running some form of Linux, but we have not known which distribution it was based on. According to their website, the PS3 is to run Yellow Dog Linux [terrasoftsolutions.com]. For those of you who are not familiar to the many distributions of Linux, Yellow Dog is based on Fedora Core [wikipedia.org] and runs on a Mac Power PC architecture. I'm curious about how this will affect PSP interconectivity. Also, could this lead to some form of homebrew like PS2 Linux [wikipedia.org]?  [UPDATE]
This just in from ING.com: Quote: |
Originally Posted by ING.com Following the company's standard release system, v5.0 will be made available in a three-phase product rollout. At launch, users of the company's YDL.net service (which comes at a cost) will be able to download the OS to their computer and burn a bootable disc for installation on the PlayStation 3. Two weeks later, the company will offer ready-made installation discs for purchase through the site. Two weeks after that, it will be made freely available on public mirrors. In short, if you're willing to wait one month after the system's release, you'll be able to download Linux for it for free.
The OS will ship with the following components:
kernel 2.6.16
gcc 3.4.4 and glibc 2.4
Cell SDK 1.1
OpenOffice.org 2.0.2
FireFox 1.5.0 and Thunderbird 1.5.0
Nautilus 2.1.4
A number of "personal accessories; development tools; sound and video, Internet and networking applications" will also ship with the package, though the press release does not disclose any specifics. | Holy boot disks Batman! Can any one else smell the homebrew possibilities comming from this? A burnable boot disk? Wowser.....I'm at a loss for words... Link to artical on ING: IGN: Linux for PlayStation 3 Officially Announced
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10-17-2006, 08:22 AM
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Linux in PS3?
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10-17-2006, 10:52 AM
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Points: 9,999,500,270.28 Donate | | Linux on the PS3 isn't really news, TFAG. It's just that now we have more specific details about it 
Also, jcoolkatzerg: I'm not sure if you meant that PS2 Linux offered homebrew capabilities or that PS2 Linux was homebrew... but either way, just so you know, it was an official Sony product. |
10-17-2006, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by FreePlay  Linux on the PS3 isn't really news, TFAG. It's just that now we have more specific details about it
Also, jcoolkatzerg: I'm not sure if you meant that PS2 Linux offered homebrew capabilities or that PS2 Linux was homebrew... but either way, just so you know, it was an official Sony product. | I mean that the official Sony PS2 Linux offered a form of homebrew. I'll clarify that right away.
@Time for a Game, Freeplay is correct. These details were released a few days ago. Linux was known for a long time, and I know that. Why? Because I'm Jcool 
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10-17-2006, 08:15 PM
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10-17-2006, 08:21 PM
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Points: 39.65 Donate | | | you can do pretty much anthing you want to do with it, but i will take my kubuntu linux over yellow dog any day. |
10-18-2006, 08:03 PM
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Points: 13.86 Donate | | Hey y'all, I just added an update to this! I figured you'd find it interesting  .
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10-19-2006, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jcoolkatzerg Hey y'all, I just added an update to this! I figured you'd find it interesting . | Interesting. Very interesting.
Firefox and OpenOffice, pretty much made my compy redundant.
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10-19-2006, 09:06 PM
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Points: 7.54 Donate | | | erm, wen i had my PS2 years ago i managed to install Linux with it, once i got my external HDD, keyboard and mouse.... also i had a DreamCast running Windows with a keyboard and mouse...
Linux on the PS3? As like.. the primary OS? Great... there'll be BASH command scripts galore....
...i dont like linux incase you didn't guess. lol. Nar im sure it'll be great. Sony will warp it in such a way it'll hardly even be a linux by the time its finished.
Oh and also.... erm.. doesnt Mac PowerPC run an iteration of Unix/BeOS, not Linux?? I know for a FACT that Mac OSX is a mutant of BeOS, and i'm pretty sure the Mac OS has always been a Unix based OS, branching towards/relating to BeOS. Linux is a LOT different to Unix, plz don't get them mixed up.
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10-19-2006, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bboy_sonik Oh and also.... erm.. doesnt Mac PowerPC run an iteration of Unix/BeOS, not Linux?? I know for a FACT that Mac OSX is a mutant of BeOS, and i'm pretty sure the Mac OS has always been a Unix based OS, branching towards/relating to BeOS. Linux is a LOT different to Unix, plz don't get them mixed up. | Read again, please Quote: |
Originally Posted by jcoolkatzerg Yellow Dog is based on Fedora Core and runs on a Mac Power PC architecture | Yes, Mac OSX is based on Unix, but this is Linux runing on a Mac. I don't mean OSX is based on Linux, I ment that Yellow Dog is compiled for a Power PC CPU. Power PC refers to the type of CPU in the computer, not the operating system on it. I was also differing from the Intel based Macs. A quick search on wikipedia will clear things up: PowerPC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote: |
Originally Posted by wikipedia Operating systems used in embedded PowerPC systems include the QNX real-time operating system, LynxOS real-time operating system, VxWorks and BlueCat embedded Linux from LynuxWorks. Yellow Dog Linux and PowerPC Linux are also two other flavors of Linux that run on the PowerPC. Apple's Macintosh System 7.1.2 through Mac OS X run on PowerPC-based Macintoshes and Macintosh clones. FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD all run on some systems with PowerPC processors, with NetBSD running on considerably more PPC-based systems than other *BSDs. | Saying that a Power PC will only run OSX is like saying a MIPS will only run the PSP F/W, when my mp3 player uses a MIPS core.
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