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  1. 22-10-06, 07:03 AM #1
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    PS3 with Linux Yellow Dog?

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    Yellow Dog Linux

    On 17 October 2006, a month before the console release, Terrasoft announced a version of Yellow Dog Linux for PlayStation 3. Terrasoft will be using the PS3 for their own supercomputing clusters as well. Yellow Dog Linux is not yet confirmed to be the official version, which Sony initially said would be pre-installed on the PS3 hard drive. Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 is already listed in Terrasoft's store, for US$50 including a printed manual and DVDs for sources and pre-compiled applications; the applications include recent versions of the Linux kernel, the GNU Compiler Collection, Firefox, and OpenOffice.org. Terrasoft stated the installer "enables absolutely anyone to install without instruction." Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 integrates code from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Sony, and Red Hat's Fedora Core 5.
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  2. 22-10-06, 11:56 AM #2
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    Marketing has it:
    ..."... controls right where I want them ... stable and well balanced. After the first lap around the track, an impulse to do something --dangerous."
    Who the hell are they trying to attract?
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  3. 22-10-06, 06:44 PM #3
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    PS2 had linux for ages - u just needed to buy a PS2 hdd to use it on



    http://playstation2-linux.com/



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  4. 22-10-06, 07:11 PM #4
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    But the PS2 is powerless.
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  5. 22-10-06, 08:26 PM #5
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    wasnt when playstation came out in 1995 and ps2 came out in 2000 - thats a few years ago now
    when they came out it was incredibly powerful
    i think ppl forget sometimes that the ps2 has been out for ages and yet it still manages to keep up with consoles that are only a couple of years old
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  6. 22-10-06, 08:28 PM #6
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    ps2 was released in 2000.
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    yes it was - called a typo which has been fixed
    it should have read the ps1 came out in 1995 ps2 in 2000



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    where the hell did 1998 come from?
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  9. 22-10-06, 08:34 PM #9
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    Typo - which has been fixed



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    The PS2 was a good kit when it came out and Linux was a bonus, but the reality is you didn't need a harddrive to play games or have saved game files unlike the Xbox which was standard and needed the harddrive to run. Which IMO is the reason Linux on the PS2 was never as wide spread as it could of been.

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