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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. Moments. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Post some embarrassing Slashdot moments you can remember to this thread.

    Here's a few:
    Someone spelling 'rhetoric' as 'rederick'.
    Michael adding an ALL CAPS bile-frothing rant to the front page.
    Trying to fake support for your opinion on slashdot, but forgetting to post anonymously.

    1. Re:Moments. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Misspelling "will come"?

  2. But... by TrippTDF · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will it run wind $*%&%NO CARRIER$^^%#$

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

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

  4. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp lp

  5. Spelling please? by Espectr0 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    On this week's grammar and spelling nazi rant:

    Kutaragi not Kutargai

    will come not willcom

    Thank you for reading another fun-packed issue of the grammar and spelling nazi rant.

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    Open Source Java Web Forum with LDAP authentication
    1. 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"

  6. Re:Not suprising. by Jozer99 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But can you run Lin...oh wait...well then...can you make it into a beowolf cluster?

  7. Ummm.... by manonthemoon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mac on Linux anyone????

    That would make Steve *real* happy- the fastest Mac available for a couple hundred bucks... and Apple not getting a penny of it.

  8. willcome? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is the point of having an editor that proofreads at a first grade level?