Video of Fedora On PS3 331
klippoth writes, "I just thought I would let you guys know, not only do I have Fedora Core 5 for PPC installed on my Playstation 3, but I video-captured running through the boot loader to demonstrate how it works. And yes, I am selling the PS3 on Ebay, although that was not my original intention. But hearing about people making ten grand... well, let's just say my love for my PS3 is NOT unconditional. Metal Gear Solid 4 doesn't come out for another year anyway! (Although it seems that sales of PS3s are starting to slow down... oh well, I can think of worse things to be stuck with!!)"
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Re:Confusing write-up (Score:4, Interesting)
So far I've heard dozens of discussion about selling PS3's on ebay, and none about actually playing games on them. That can't be a good thing, not even for the "long-term" (= 2-4 weeks :) sales prospects for PS3's on ebay.
Does it play video? (Score:5, Interesting)
Using Linux instead of the native media player would be pretty much mandatory, since the built-in one won't uprez DVDs to 1080 -- if rumors are to be believed. Otherwise, since the Sony abstraction layer doesn't allow direct access to the GPU, Linux on the PS3 is just a big useless gimmick. The box is way too expensive for text-only purposes (except perhaps for researchers who just gotta have a cell CPU).
Re:nice resolution (Score:2, Interesting)
Does it always take 1-2 seconds to re-draw the menu icons?
And what's with the qvga desktop resolution, bad videocard drivers?
What about cure@ps3? (Score:5, Interesting)
They claim to get "Supercomputer speeds" out of the PS3 - can anyone confirm this? How many points-per-day can it really do?
Re:nice resolution (Score:5, Interesting)
PS3 prices on eBay already in screaming dive. (Score:4, Interesting)
The PS3 speculators are already in trouble. Sure, a few idiots paid $10,000 on day zero, but that's over. Auctions of unsold PS3 systems at bloated prices are now getting zero bids. There are "Buy it Now" prices of $3000, but reality is that units are going unsold at $1100 [ebay.com]. A sale of the 20GB unit just just occured at $925. [ebay.com] Then at $840 [ebay.com]. One seller writes "I waited over 30 hours in walmart so you don't have to!" He got $780. [ebay.com]
The original poster should hang onto his PS3. He's not going to make much money selling it. If you want a PS3, one will be available tomorrow. And the next day. And the day after that. At a modest premium over retail.
Re:If I had only known... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Console launches are becoming (Score:1, Interesting)
It's pretty impressive that the playstation 3 is willing to run any generic ppc operating system, but I have my doubts that these systems will be completely adpoted by the
Re:How about the Wii? (Score:3, Interesting)