Comments on: PS3 Ubuntu install for emulation

By: ps3 magic

ps3 magic — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:04:51 +0000

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By: Mr.Pissed Off

Mr.Pissed Off — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:13:00 +0000

Hope the crack comes soon Sony can go straight to hell.

By: Free PS3 Slim

Free PS3 Slim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:41:39 +0000

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Free PS3 Slim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:32:22 +0000

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By: kamanashi

kamanashi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:31:06 +0000

@ratcore: Even if it was cracked to removed the hypervisor, ou still wouldn’t be able to run pcsx2 on it properly. Just to run correctly it requires at the least 2Gb of ram. The PS3 is limited to 256Mb.

By: ratcore

ratcore — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:05:44 +0000

I’ve been wondering if the PCSX2 would run properly on there but from what I’ve gathered, it’s got the power, but the restrictions won’t make it possible till someone cracks it

By: jagraham

jagraham — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:49:34 +0000

This is the first I’ve ever seen of a proper OS for the Playstation and I like it. 256Meg with the cell processors isn’t too bad for a decent computer (although admittedly it’s not close to a new pc). I have no idea what hardware compatibility would be like though.

By: silic0re

silic0re — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:00:46 +0000

putting linux on the ps3 is actually the least expensive way to have a cell-based node. several researchers have put together clusters of ps3′s for problems that aren’t memory intensive (each ps3 is currently limited to about 256meg in linux), but that can benefit from the cells’ vector processors for number crunching. Until relatively recently, a PS3 was about the same price (or cheaper) than a comparable nvidia card that could run CUDA — where the nvidia cards could have more memory, but the ps3′s could scale better in terms of clustering large units cheaply — for an NVIDIA cluster, you need a host machine for however many video cards you connect in SLI, increasing the cost.

i think that it’s probably cheaper these days to go the CUDA route (for computing problems that are particularly suitable to these simd architectures), but i think the new cell processor that’s coming out (probably not in the ps3′s) might change some of that?

By: SOOPERGOOMAN187

SOOPERGOOMAN187 — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:13:44 +0000

The psp doesnt matter since the Homebrew community has opened that up for anyone with a bit of tech skill can do. We beat sony and now soon it will be the ps3′s time to run HB.

By: IceBrain

IceBrain — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:04:15 +0000

The key word is: yet! This is the first step, more will come, I’m sure.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:25:59 +0000

i usually hate people who come on here and say ‘this hack is pointless’, but really; why spend hours hacking an expensive console so that you can play snes games *in a window* on half-crippled emulators that would have run perfectly on any piece of shit computer with TV-out?

the two cool parts of this hack would be playing in full-screen on your big TV and being able to use the PS3 joypad, and those are the two things that won’t properly work!

By: devturkler

devturkler — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:33:51 +0000

thank you Eliot

By: Adam Ziegler

Adam Ziegler — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:03:11 +0000

good game

By: Tatsh

Tatsh — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:53:03 +0000

But it’s still restricted Linux. Without access to 3D hardware, lame. Sony is scared people will release ‘Linux PS3′ games without having to pay their development fee and getting the expensive development kit. Still, people could do this now for 2D games.

By: kamanashi

kamanashi — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:01:05 +0000

I have Ubuntu on my PS3, but I mostly use it for nothing. I thought I would use it for SNES games, but I ened up using my PSP and Wii still. But, it is still cool to know I still have a computer just in case my main one quits working.