> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Yay! Ubuntu on my PS3 and 150 Gig of spaaaaaace! > > .... > How do you play games on it now?
Same way I always did - with the controller. ;^P It's a little kludgy but basically you just set the PS3 (in the "system" menu) to boot either into "PS3" or "Other OS" - if the latter you boot right into Unbuntu. To switch back to the PS3 OS you enter "boot-game-os" into a shell. I didn't lose any PS3 functionality at all - in fact I gained more than double the disc space with the new drive even after installing Linux. (You can do this on a stock PS3, but you need to dedicate 10 Gig of your drive space to the other OS - I was running out of space on my 60 Gig drive.) > What can you do with ubuntu on it? Anything you want I suppose. Like I said I'm stuck at an itty-bitty resolution but I was able to browse the web with FireFox and open some pictures with Gimp. Full network access (although I hear that WiFi is flakey - I'm using a hard line), full hard waresupport (USB ports, media card slots, Bluetooth). > Does it only work with Ubuntu? No. The official, Sony-supported flavor is Yellow Dog. But I also noticed Fedora and Debian PS3 distros in my rather short search - this is my first "linux computer", I've heard lots of good things about Unbuntu so I decided to try it out. > Can you run Open Office on it? You know, I barely played at all but I think it's installed by default. I think you get FireFox, Gimp, OpenOffice, a mess of games and a bunch of other utilities. My biggest problem is the TV resolution. On a better TV you could run it in a usable resolution. On a more general note the OS will be limited by the RAM of the PS3 more than anything else (256 Meg). Just messing around Ubuntu seemed speedy enough but I think if you were to try opening a bunch of apps at once you're feel the pain. Still... for the small investment in time and drive space it's a nice little experiment... and if every other computer in the house goes belly up I can still surf the net at 480p. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
