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First PlayStation 3 Custom Firmware Created
Stoobalou writes "Hot on the heels of the discovery of the the PlayStation 3 private root key, and its subsequent leakage by iPhone hacker Geohot, the first custom firmware for the formerly impenetrable console has been released. A code wrangler known only as Kakaroto reckons he has created the world's first custom firmware for the popular console — although if you're expecting it to help you play pirated games, you might be a little disappointed."
Why can't you just use your PC? Everything you need is available there...
Well, except a couch, a large flatscreen, surround sound, not having to show normals your cable-infested pit with the huge stack useless drives in the corner...
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
There are hundreds of options for hardware better at doing the things you just listed that are cheaper than a Playstation.
A $50 router and OpenWRT can do all of that.
HDMI is hardly rare, you actually have to go out of your way to get a computer without it these days. Anybody can move their computer into their livingroom. It's not magic, just a little manual labor. ...oh wait, that might be a problem for most slashdotters.
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
It's a childish reaction. You know, the one where mom or dad or your teacher tells you not to do something that you know is perfectly safe to do but that you shouldn't do it "because I said so!"
A child who disobeys an arbitrary order is more mature than the adult who issues it. Maturity is not capricious.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!