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Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for PS3 Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the some-people-seem-to-care dept.

News for nerds writes "Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 is slated for release mid-November with support for the Sony PS3 first, and support for the former Apple PowerPC product line to follow. Any updates required to support the Apple PowerPC systems following the release for PS3 will be made available via a free download."

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  1. Brainstorm by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Okay, I'm taking guesses on how Sony's use of Linux will violate the GPL. Anyone got an idea?

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  2. Yes, Linux is free. by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, Linux is free. In fact, if you're paying anyone any money for any version of Linux, you're probably being taken for a ride.

    On the main topic, nothing says "enterprise software" like releasing it for home entertainment hardware first, does it?

  3. rootkit by hkBst · · Score: 0, Troll

    but does it come with a Sony rootkit?

  4. Re:This is great news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yeah, i was gonna say the same thing until i remembered the 100k+ units already presold. Nice try.


    in that case, i'll not mention your penchant for buggery.
  5. Re:seems sketchy by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Troll
    ... and the tens of million of Mac PPC users who will remain deployed and supported for many years.

    The ones with G3s or better can run OSX. The ones with anything older than a G3 are dumb, because you can buy a G3 for like a hundred bucks, or hobbyists, in which case there's not a lot of money to be made by selling them Linux. Sure, some of them will want to run linux, but since macs went to being sort of standards-based (68k macs and pre-G3 PPC macs were all very different machines from one another, now they have a unified boot loader and so forth) supporting them has become a lot easier.

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  6. This is pointless. :) by Quixadhal · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's the point of porting Linux to the PS3? Anyone who can afford to buy one of these diamond-encrusted consoles has enough money to install a Microsoft OS on it...

    *ducks*

  7. Re:Funny, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh come on now, that's just childish. ...

    And besides, its the Windows IT guy at his wife's work.