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Geohot Brings Other OS Support To PS3 With Custom Firmware

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-was-quick dept.

suraj.sun tips news that hacker Geohot is following through on his promise to fight Sony's removal of the "Install Other OS" feature on the PS3. He posted a video of the work he's done so far that shows a PS3 console booting into Linux. Quoting Engadget: "While it's not available to the public just yet, Geohot's 3.21OO custom firmware will apparently be simple to install and, as you can see in the video after the break, it works just as you'd expect and simply restores the 'other OS' option to its previous place. Geohot even says that the custom firmware might actually enable the other OS feature on the PS3 Slim, but he hasn't yet had a chance to try it out."

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  1. Re:Ha. by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there a chance that Sony will learn something from this? Will they embrace this as a chance to let those who want 'Other OS' support bad enough have it? If they do it let's them off the hook regarding any warranty support for the 'fat' PS3's.

  2. Re:Repeat After Me: by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    PS3 is a GAME CONSOLE, not a COMPUTER.

    Then someone will have to release "Linux: The Game" pretty soon so it can run on the PS3.

  3. Re:Somethings messed up his MAC address by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    It says FF:FF:FF etc in the info screen. Thats not right. I wonder if his "firmware" has any side effects he's not letting on about.

    You mean that maybe it stutters?

  4. Re:Somethings messed up his MAC address by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean that maybe it stutters?

    First time I've ever missed not having mod points.

  5. Sounds familiar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you work for Apple?

  6. Re:Australian Competition & Consumer Commissio by Man+On+Pink+Corner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reply from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission:

    Crikey! Thank you for bringing this egregious behavior to our attention. Effective April 30, 2010, the Sony Playstation 3 is hereby banned for import, sale, and possession in the states and territories of Australia and surrounding lesser islands.

    This is why you can't have nice things.

  7. Re:Repeat After Me: by La+Gris · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mustang is a horse. :)

    --
    Léa Gris