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Emulation Explosion On the PS3 Via Linux
Marty writes "The PlayStation 3 has recently seen an explosion
of releases of emulators and games for the Yellow Dog Linux distro for PS3;
once you have installed Yellow
Dog Linux you then have the ability to try out MAME,
SNES, Amiga, Dos,
Commodore and Atari
emulators (that's the tip of the iceberg) and such games as Quake
2, Duke Nukem 3D, Hexen 2 and Alephone. Time to start installing Linux on your PS3?"
It is a waste of time. Linux runs like shit on the PS3.
but why? why put yourself through the trouble of making it run, when you could run Linux on a computer way easier and keep playing games on the PS3?
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What is the point of purchasing the most expensive consoles on the market to play emulator games? This is not news. Linux on the PS3 is news. Seti at home on the PS3 is news. Running an emulator, solitaire or Tux racer on the PS3 is a waste good hardware (unless this is your primary Linux rig).
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Citation needed.
Every sales charts I've seen (here's one for you) places the Xbox 360 ahead of the PS3 in every market except Japan.
You want to know how bad the PS3 is selling? It's being outsold by the PSP, which is an undeniable flop.
It's bad enough that major Japanese developers like Capcom and Square Enix prefer releasing for the Xbox 360 than the PS3. (To the point where Square Enix may not even bother releasing FFXIII on the PS3 outside of Japan, because they don't expect sales to recoup the costs of an international PS3 printing run.)
Screw people who post anonymously.
One thing I love about PS3 fanboys is that they try to defend the PS3 by picking holes in others' statements rather than giving examples of why PS3s are good machines.
Both you and him claim I said it is stupid to do anything else, why I never once claimed that. Also, yeah, he was getting worked up ("This is the fucking problem with geeks today", "Because you fucking CAN!"). I did not criticize anyone, genuinely asked why someone would install Linux on a PS3, not saying "@@LOLOLOL ALL U PS3 LINUKS FAGGITS ROFLMAO". If you and him see it as a personal attack on all those who simply find it interesting, that is not my problem.
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Sure you do... Nevermind spu-medialib only accelerates IDCT and some scaling, and doesn't accelerate H.264 at all, but sure you get smooth framerates at 1080p on non-accelerated framebuffer video :-/
I'd actually love to see some evidence...
I don't deny the PS3 is a great platform to test your Cell programming skills and that people are putting it to good use to accelerate stuff like Mesa, but as a video player solution the PS3's is basically worthless, and at the speed things are moving now the PS4 will be out before you get anything even remotely comparable to XBMC on an XBOX 1. I'd say it's better to just accept the fact than waste time now trying it out, unless it's just for the fun of with.