FreeBSD Running On PS3

Posted by kdawson on Monday January 10, 2011 @02:48AM from the what-took-so-long dept.

An anonymous reader writes "One week after Sony's PlayStation 3 private cryptography key was obtained, FreeBSD is up and running on the PS3. Nathan Whitehorn writes: 'Yesterday, I imported support for the Sony Playstation 3 into our 64-bit PowerPC port, expanding our game console support into the current generation. There are still a few rough edges due to missing hardware support, but the machine boots and runs FreeBSD stably. These rough edges should be smoothed out in time for the 9.0 release.'" Update: 01/10 15:04 GMT by KD : As several commenters have pointed out, the submission was misleading in that BSD runs in OtherOS, making no use of the cracked keys.

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Run the backdoor'ed OS on a cracked key? by GPLDAN · 2011-01-10 02:59 · Score: -1, Troll

So - um - let me get this straight...

I want to use a cracked signing key to install an O/S with NSA weakened IPSEC? (At least according to Theo de Raadt).

Does anybody find this strange? What should we call it? Peanut Brittle OS? Thin Ice?

I know! Kardashian's ass! It's got a hell of a crack in it!
Re:I only have one word to say about this by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-10 03:08 · Score: 0, Troll

BSD people are notoriously dishonest. Do not EVER accept an open drink from someone who claims to use BSD.