Gentoo on the PS3 - Full Install Instructions

An anonymous reader writes "My friend Jake just bought a PS3, and he wanted to install Linux on it. Since he didn't know much about Linux, it was my responsibility to help him with it. His requirements — Install a distribution which is easy to maintain and run. He wanted to make the full use of his Linux install, so he needed a distro which wouldn't hold him back with frustrating problems. The only solution was using a distro which had a better package management system, and did its work without bothering you, the end user. Having used Gentoo extensively, I knew that this would be the solution to my problems. What follows is full install instructions, plus personal opinions, on why Gentoo is better than Fedora Core or YDL on the PS3"

Comments

Re:Overkill

[rtyall]

Of course it will, think about how much they'll learn when they spend 3 days trying to get a game to work in a usable X window, having to check the gentoo forums every 5 minutes to see if anyone can help.
I can't think of a better way to spend my hard earned £550 when they come out in the UK.

Why?

[NorbrookC]

This is the question that keeps crossing my mind, every time I see one of these stories. Is a PS3 (or XBox, or Wii) giving you so much more capability as a Linux box than a box you've built from readily available components? Yeah, great, you got X distro of Linux to run on this platform. Can you still play the PS3 games on it? If you can't, WTF is the point, besides proving it can be done? It was interesting the first time someone did it, after that it's pretty much "me too."

Who gives a shit?

[cpuh0g]

What's the point? Why spend $600+ on a PS3 only to put Linux on it. You can get a PC much cheaper, one which will happily accept most any Linux distro with alot less pain.

*If* I buy a PS3, it will be so I can play cool games and watch Hi-Def (blu-ray) movies, not so I can load Linux and surf the web on a 65" screen.

Just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should*.

Um

[neimon]

It's a game console. Can't you people leave anything to do what it's supposed to instead of putting bloody unix on it? My GOD I wish I had $600 to waste on something new to stuff linux into. I'd buy new tires instead.

Re:How much did Gentoo get for this?

[Bandman]

Hey, when all you have is a hammer...

Also, if you put the Type-R sticker on the PS3 Gnome will compile in less time with tighter code. /the more you know