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Video of Fedora On PS3
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!!)"
What do you think this is? Digg?
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
why is there no option on slashdot to hide stories that have been assigned a certain tag. I would love to have all the slashvertisments hidden forever as I never interested in any of their crap, and this one takes the biscuit - it is by an absolute moron.
We must press for change.
All hail Kibo
1) /. loves system info screens. Really. Some action or at least tux racer. Closeup of kernel messages? Does it see the cell SPUS? Any speculation? Screenshot of pcimap? Writing, compiling and calculating fibonacci's 999'999'999th entry in under 10 minutes (did it once, took two weeks and led to 20Mb file)? ;). Tell us what are you using - DV Camcoder (in such case you are an idiot for not transferring it to pc via firewire)? Grandmas Hi8 (Would be so fitting. That's your parent's basement, right?)? Webcam (geek factor++, only if unsupported, yet still being captured under linux)? Btw 320x240 is on par with what you receive over regular broadcasts, so it's not so shabby at all, if done properly.
2) You can be pretty sure that everyone here already knows that Fedora (GASP) is Linux (GASP TWICE) and that it could include (GASP!!! GASP!!!) useful software like spreadsheet or word processor. Or even Blackjack, you gambling whore...
3) You seem to have no clue about video capturing whatsoever
4) You should go and learn some marketing - EBay auction - PS3 preloaded with Fedora Core 5, fully funcional would be some moneyraiser. Now that I have said it, expect this gap to be filled in 10 minutes.
5) Whats this rotating across your basement every 5 minutes? If you wanted to show yourself, would at least have done so. And trying to capture black PS3 in a black room - feeling like David Lynch?
(in short, send it over, I'll show you how it should be done properly (and in hi-def, for additional geek factor)).
Or you could spend $500 on a decent PC in a small-form-factor enclosure that'll handle any media you throw at it.
Honestly, how is a PS3 remotely cost effective for this purpose??