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Geohot Brings Other OS Support To PS3 With Custom Firmware
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."
lol, "cracking" the PS3 in the first place which required modding and the frequent power switching, in hopes of gaining a limited ability to peer into the workings is not cracking/hacking nor does it make him anything but a publicity hound. He might have some credibility when it comes to iphone(don't know as not into them) but in PS3, he is a rube and a charlatan.
Sorry, could you remind me what the difference is?
Unlike a video game console, a PC doesn't have these:
* As opposed to Intel "Graphics My A**" that comes on business-oriented PCs.
A "respecable" hacker that took credit for other peoples hard work for the iphone crack, and failed to do anything more than dent the outer ring of the PS3 security?
Sad indeed.
Boohoo. They provide those services on their terms. If you don't accept those terms of service, you don't get to use the service.
Well, then it's ok for you if they suddenly go and change the terms of service to, let's say, require you to pay a fee each time you log onto the PSN?
Yes, it is okay for them to do so. If you don't find it acceptable, though, you can stop using the service.
After all, if you don't accept, you don't get to use it, f*ck you very much !
Yes, if you don't want to pay for a paid service, you don't get access to it.