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[News] PlayStation 3 Gets Another Linux Showcase

  • Subject: [News] PlayStation 3 Gets Another Linux Showcase
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:36:06 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Hack-a-Thon II to Put Distributed Coding Skills to Test

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| Hack-a-Thon participants will work on a six-node Sony PlayStation 3 cluster 
| to test their parallel and distributed coding skills. The PS3 runs the Yellow 
| Dog Linux operating system.  
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59216.html


Recent:

PS3 + Linux + Firefox = Office 2.0 computing

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| Sony and a technology site are using a conference to show off a confluence of 
| next-generation, monopoly-bypassing technology: a Sony Playstation 3 
| videogame console running Linux and Firefox as a foundation for 
| Web-based "Office 2.0" applications.   
| 
| IT|Redux, a site run by blogger and tech adviser Ismael Ghalimi, is showing 
| off the system at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. IT|Redux is the 
| show organizer.   
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http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772115-1.html


Related:

PlayStation 3 beating Xbox 360 in Europe

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| Sony's much-maligned PlayStation 3 has defied the odds and has now outsold 
| Microsoft's Xbox 360 in Europe for the fourth week in a row. 
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http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/gaming/games-consoles/news/playstation-3-beating-xbox-360-in-europe?articleid=263086201


PS3 available pre-installed with Linux

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| TerraSoft is now taking direct pre-orders with no delivery
| time guarantees for a Sony PS3 pre-installed with Linux,
| priced at $650.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7863481537.html


Ubuntu Linux and Symfony on a PlayStation 3

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| Running linux on a playstation 3 is not a hack, it doesn’t require any 
| hardware modification, won’t disable any feature on your Playstation 3 and is  
| not difficult to do. 
| 
| Sony officially support running linux on your ps3 with dedicated tools 
| present in the XMB ( Cross-mediabar, the UI of the Playstation 3). 
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http://demenzia.net/2007/08/21/linux-and-symfony-on-a-ps3/

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