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Gitbrew Releases OtherOS++ PS3 Linux Dual Boot

Posted by Soulskill on from the kicking-sony-while-they're-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gitbrew has proudly released otherOS++ Linux Dual Boot v1.0b1, enabling PS3 users to install an alternative OS to their console with full access to all system hardware, including all 8 CELL cores (making the PS3 the world's most affordable supercomputer). For more information check out the installation instructions and source code."

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  1. Re:Benchmarks! by mcgrew · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The PS3 suddenly became an interesting product again :-) Now lets give us some benchmarks of some scientific number crunching apps!

    Not to me. Sony is at war with its customers; that's been evident since XCP. Hell, I felt dirty buying a broken Sony stereo for ten bucks, even though Sony didn't profit from my purchase.

    How do you know the PS3s don't have hardware rootkits? I know of no other company that's deliberately installed malware on its products. I avoid Sony like the plague and can't understand why anyone would buy anything from them, or how it's has stayed in business, let alone how it can actually have fanbois.

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  2. Summary missed the most important part of story by moniker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apparently, Geoff Levand was one of the people behind this release [1]. Geoff Levand is the programmer who worked for Sony supporting OtherOS and made the ill-fated and oft-quoted promise that Sony would never ever remove OtherOS from fat PS3s. [2] Looks like Geoff just kicked his former employer in the nuts. Go Geoff!

    [1] http://psgroove.com/content.php?1029-PS3-Dual-Boot-GameOS-Linux-CFW-Released
    [2] http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/cbe-oss-dev/2010-February/007202.html