[Tutorial] Installing Yellow Dog Linux on PS3

[IniX]

Thanks for your positive commentary

[talentedD]

Question: What is the benefit of using Yellow Dog on the ps3? Can you play PC games with it?

i curious to know thats all...

[coolie]

Originally Posted by talentedD

Question: What is the benefit of using Yellow Dog on the ps3? Can you play PC games with it?

i curious to know thats all...

I don't think you can play pc games on it.
But you can install VLC player on it and you can pretty much play any media file. avi, iso, wmv, mpeg, etc.

[IniX]

Originally Posted by RigaMortus

can we burn the iso to cds instead of a dvd?
i dont have a dvd burner

CDs are not supported.

[oldgit9]

so what are the advantages of installing linux on a PS3 and what can you do with it?

my PS3 is on firmware v2.1 and that has a divx installed on it.
so if it's just for playing avi's etc, then there is no point going through all of this just to play what i can already play.

nice guide by the way.

[slumslime]

Sorry to revive an old thread...

The reason for requiring a 60 gig model is...???

a. Hard drive space

b. Card reader slots

I do have a PSP, and I've been considering the hard drive upgrade, but my PS3 is the 20gig version.

Thanks

[IniX]

To answer your questions: There's some ported games from Windows to Linux. Such as HALO. You can download HALO for Linux and play it on your PS3. Also, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] gives .exe support for Linux. This means you can play .exe games on your PS3! Hurray!

Also, if you have any projects to do such as a 'rainbow table' or so, you can use the PS3's power to make a fast rainbow table graphic generator.

The PS3 is expensive for a gaming console, but cheap or a super computer.