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PlayStation 3 HDD to Ship With Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the penguin-in-every-hard-drive dept.

timtwobuck writes "Gamespot.com is reporting that Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, has disclosed in an interview that PlayStation 3 will natively run Linux. In fact, it will come bundled with it, if you purchase the HDD peripheral." From the article: "But while Linux would require a hard drive to run on, Kutaragi told Impress PC Watch, 'We're not going to equip [the PS3 with] a HDD by default, because no matter how much [capacity] we put in it, it won't be enough.' It was unclear whether he was referring to the previously known fact that the PS3 would not have an internal hard drive or whether he was indicating that the device would not come with the external 2.5-inch detachable HDD outlined in the specs revealed at E3."

12 of 548 comments (clear)

  1. Opening the door for game pirates? by bfizzle · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't linux the reason that the xbox is so hackible?

    Is this going to make it easier for people looking to copy games?

  2. Any more middle-aged geeks out there... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...fancy buying a PS3 and joining my "Emacs Exterminators" online editing clan?

    We're gonna *TAKE DOWN* those vi fanboys!

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    1. Re:Any more middle-aged geeks out there... by myc_lykaon · · Score: 1, Funny

      So you are suggesting that Emacs is going to be able to *fit* on the hard drive? That's one big motha. -- This religious war was brought to you with the letters V and E and the numbers 6, 6 & 6.

    2. Re:Any more middle-aged geeks out there... by Mo6eB · · Score: 1, Funny

      NEVER! Never will the proud order of Vim Operators from the Many Institutes for Technology (v.o.m.i.t.) will be defeated by some Emacs fanboys. We will fight until our last man still has at least two usable fingers! But I think that Sony will avoid the inevitable flamewar and just include Ed or nano ;)

    3. Re:Any more middle-aged geeks out there... by m50d · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ha. It's more like "drive a campervan to work every day, after all you might want it some time"

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  3. obligitory.... by zxnos · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...yes, but does it run windows?

    ;P

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  4. Re:Won't be enough? by Johnny5000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're not going to equip [the PS3 with] a HDD by default, because no matter how much [capacity] we put in it, it won't be enough.

    I think what he really meant to say was:

    We're not going to equip [the PS3 with] a HDD by default, because no matter how much [money we make on the PS3] it won't be enough [when we can make a bit more by milking extra money out of customers for a HDD]

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  5. Re:Linux bluetoooth support ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, poke brings back memories of the Commadore 64!
    Thanks for the good memories!

  6. Re:Pnoppix by WiKKeSH · · Score: 2, Funny

    And with that comment, I didn't even consider that the PS3 is supposed to use bluray, not DVD. SIlly me...

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  7. Re:OK, but... by at_slashdot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sad, but Linux just like video games is fast losing its "nerdy" qualities. Next thing is getting a girlfriend and than it's all lost... Linux will end up bald and with a beer belly.

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    "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
  8. The built in games? by saskboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that the default games for the PS3 will include Tux Racer, and Penguin Hunt?

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  9. Re:But... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just the other day I was ship-watching at a really noisy location with my foul-mouthed friend in the Navy and I said "HEY, YOU *$&%, IS THAT A DESTROYER?" and he yelled back "NO, CARRIER! *#&$!"

    i'm so ashamed to have done that...