Now restart your PS3 and watch as it boots into the Xubuntu setup routine and shows you a lovely little picture of two Linux Penguins and a screen full of scary text. Don’t worry, things all look a ...

One man's "not that difficult" is another man's technical nightmare, so it's worth going through exactly what I had to do to get Linux up and running on the PS3. One major difficulty I did face was ...

This is the only one of the three distributions with no separate PS3 install disc (as opposed to the other two which have distinct PowerPC and PS3 CDs). The PS3's Cell CPU is actually a PowerPC chip, ...

A man in California has lodged a lawsuit against Sony's decision to drop Linux support from the PlayStation 3. System update v3.21, which was launched on April 1, disabled the console's 'Install Other ...

Sony is issuing a firmware update this week for the PlayStation 3 which removes support for Linux OS' on the console for "security reasons". The update will arrive on April 1st, a Thursday, and will ...

i see that the ps3 might run embedded linux. if that is true how hard would it be for the developers to port the games to linux? <BR><BR>if sony uses opengl,X,fb(or ...

Amazon is apparently offering refunds to customers who bought a PS3 and who are embittered about the loss of Linux support in the latest official firmware, which is required to play some games. The ...

So here we are, another TSA guide to something really technical that you can do with your PS3. Written by me, the least technical of the TSA staff. Those of you that know me from the forums or follow ...

So. Which of the three distributions above would I recommend? None of them. Not a single distro maintained a consistent, high-quality experience from installation to prolonged use. None of them is ...