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Video of Fedora On PS3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dual-boot dept.

klippoth writes, "I just thought I would let you guys know, not only do I have Fedora Core 5 for PPC installed on my Playstation 3, but I video-captured running through the boot loader to demonstrate how it works. And yes, I am selling the PS3 on Ebay, although that was not my original intention. But hearing about people making ten grand... well, let's just say my love for my PS3 is NOT unconditional. Metal Gear Solid 4 doesn't come out for another year anyway! (Although it seems that sales of PS3s are starting to slow down... oh well, I can think of worse things to be stuck with!!)"

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  1. Not Impressive by keithpreston · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get back to me when you have a beowolf cluster going.

    1. Re:Not Impressive by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

      To have a beowolf cluster Sony would have had to make more than one.

      You'll need to wait until after January to see those kinds of numbers.

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    2. Re:Not Impressive by OneDeeTenTee · · Score: 4, Funny

      >
      >A pretty fucking good idea since it runs the Cell.
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    3. Re:Not Impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      A Catholic discussion board that allows profanity? Sign me up!
      I'll have to take this up with my church elders. Apparently profanity attracts new believers.

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  2. $10,000? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 1, Funny

    LOL. More like $500.

  3. (as it boots) by Time+Doctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like how the maroon talking over this is discussing that it is "compiling the kernel" as the fedora boot messages flow past.

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    1. Re:(as it boots) by kestasjk · · Score: 2, Funny

      I also like how he provides no interesting information, walks you through the GNOME desktop's icons, and loads up GNOME as root. Clearly he had to hack away like crazy to get it running on the PS3.

      And I like how he expects to get $10,000 for his used PS3 while unused ones are selling for less than $1,000.

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  4. Yeah, That's Nice by Quantam · · Score: 3, Funny

    But does it run Windows?

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  5. Re:Weak. by Kangburra · · Score: 4, Funny
    loads KDE quite fast


    How did you figure that out? I saw a Gnome DE but I don't know the calculations to work out KDE from that? Just double the time it takes? ;-)
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  6. Re:Slashvertisement by Lord+Kano · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish I was a subscriber.

    Do you have $5.00?

    LK

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  7. Just one thing I want to know.... by Howard+Beale · · Score: 2, Funny

    BogoMips dammit!!!

  8. Re:Weak. by Chris+Tyler · · Score: 2, Funny

    s/kde/gnome/

  9. Re:The Single Greatest Console Ever by grommit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh Noes!! A company that wants to make money, will the madness ever end!?!

  10. Re:What don't you stop with PS3? by klippoth · · Score: 2, Funny

    uh...cuz I don't own a Wii? And I'm too busy doing video captures of the PS3 to go see how the launch is going. I mean, I can only really deal with one shiny object at a time, if I had a Wii as well, I think my head would explode...

  11. Re:Console launches are becoming by Jello+B. · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then again, stock certificates don't spontaneously overheat and combust.

    Yeah, tell that to anybody that had stock in Enron.

  12. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  13. Re:noob by klippoth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great...now I'm going to be scared to say "Abit" out loud to anybody...

  14. Re:uninformative video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I speak like a robot.

  15. Re:Slashvertisement by ArcadeNut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you have $5.00?

    Not if he just bought a PS3..

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  16. Re:Slashvertisement by Lord+Kano · · Score: 3, Funny

    If he just bought a PS3 he should be able to give 500 subscriptions away and still have a profit.

    LK

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  17. Re:Confusing write-up by Lex-Man82 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So far I've heard dozens of discussion about selling PS3's on ebay, and none about actually playing games on them.

    Thats because there all up for sale on Ebay. Nobodys bothered to play one yet.

  18. Re:If I had only known... by avm · · Score: 3, Funny

    How much are low account numbers going for now anyway? Enough to fund my own PS3 acquisition? :-p

  19. Re:reading the responses to klippoth... by the_humeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is still the issue of actually obtaining a Playstation3 for such purposes...

  20. Re:Slashvertisement by eln · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yah, the firehose is basically a way for subscribers to pay for the privilege of doing the job the Slashdot editors get paid to do. It's a great deal.

  21. Re:Console launches are becoming by BecomingLumberg · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...bedtime stories...

    Is that the new euphamism for porn?

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