Is installing Linux on the PS3 worth it? The bottom line: The PS3 makes for a reasonably good desktop when not performing tasks that require a lot of memory, such as ...

Yellow Dog is the oldest distribution exclusively for PowerPC-type systems. Originally this would have meant things like Apple Macs - but since Macs now run Intel processors, the people running Yellow ...

Less than a year after the release of the PS3 Slim, Sony says that a firmware update for older models of the PlayStation 3 will kill its Other OS option. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Hello,<BR><BR>[ First of all, I'm not sure this post fits this forum completely... I'm quite sure it's on-topic, but maybe I'd have better chances trying in another one? ]<BR><BR>I'm planning to buy a ...

StreamMyGame.com announced today the release of its free Linux Player, an application that enables you to play any PC game via a PlayStation 3 running Linux. The free StreamMyGame Server enables PC ...

The horror! Microsoft’s Major Nelson took this candid shot of the PS3 dev-kit running on XP. Somewhere, Tux is screaming. And screaming. Apparently, the dev-kit was supposed to be Linux-only and was ...

This is the only one of the three distributions with no separate PS3 install disc (as opposed to the other two which have distinct PowerPC and PS3 CDs). The PS3's Cell CPU is actually a PowerPC chip, ...