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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."

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  1. Linux bluetoooth support ? by rokzy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    what's the state of linux bluetooth support (for bluetooth keyboard and mouse) ?

  2. Re:Spelling please? by DarthVeda · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, everybody sticks it to the editors for bad grammar and spelling control, but you really have to consider all the articles that get rejected. Maybe this was the cream of the crop? Who knows, there could have been a better worded one, but the title was "Playstashun 3"