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How to Turn a PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC

Posted by timothy on from the sleek-box-of-ubuntu dept.

MahariBalzitch writes "Popular Mechanics shows step by step guide on how to install Ubuntu Linux on a PlayStation 3 and still keep the PS3 gaming functionality. Now I just need to get my hands on a PS3." Not bad specs for the price, either, since Blu-Ray players still aren't cheap. And though the article calls the procedure "somewhat complicated," it's a lot simpler than was installing Linux from floppies not so many years ago.

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  1. Blu-Ray Players not Cheap? WTF? by raptor386 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Blu-Ray drives run for like $160. I'd rather buy one of those, throw it in my media center and call it good than shell out $600 for a gaming system with basically no good exclusive games... Then again, HD is highly overrated. But that's just my opinion.