When the game is already instaled it doesn't need the activation, only when you are trying to reinstall it. but then if you bought only via steam you could not download it for your machine if the servers are down
You can boot from a live CD, but if you install the new os the computer will not boot.
The distribution is the satux linux.
They tell you to boot from their live cd and execute this command:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1 count=512
I know how to install ubuntu I have a dual boot machine as my main machine, when the computer has windows or ubuntu it is easy to put another operating sytem, but some preinstaled distros used here in brazil, have some kind of lock that donÂt allow the other operating system to change the disk, so you have to remove the lock using the install disk that comes with the computer
Ubuntu linux is nice, but for most linux distros used here, you are lucky when you get windows starter, those distros are very hard to remove(you must have the instalation disk to remove)
Here in Brazil we have starter editions since before Vista, and the xp starter was even more crippled, it didn't allowed resoltions greater than 1024x768, and even though there were computers with this windows and 17" lcd monitors, wich have a native resoltion of 1280x1024, forcing everyone who bought those to have a blurred screen
I hope they update the PS3, but I don't see a point in using the bigger drive. My PS3 streams hd video just fine, but the convenience of not having to remux the video would be great.