Do you have Linux on your PS3? You had.
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I do, yes, and this is a serious load of shit. There is probably less than 10% of 1% of users that actually take advantage of this facility however, and most of them are either in academia or research use that never need to play games or films, so in a way I can understand why they have done it, it just fecks geeks like me over that use it for both. The blame for the removal of the feature totally lies at the feet of dickheads such as George Hotz that tried to feck about cracking the system through the Other OS with the end goal of enabling piracy. Thus, such clever knobends without anything better to do feck everyone else over. Hopefully, they will reinstate the facility at a later date, because my only option now is to stop messing with Cell code, or buy a slim for general entertainment use whilst leaving my big fat buddy in its current firmware state.
That's not gonna be popular.
Interesting comment below the article.
Interesting comment below the article.
That was before George Hotz and friends started fecking about with it though. If they have identified a hole here that could bring down the security of the system, I don't see what choice they have.
April 1st - April Fools?
what's with all the cross chat moaning on that blog? bunch of nerdlings
Anyway, I doubt most people would even notice the lack of otherOS, though It's poor show from sony and their incredible hardware again.
What about microsoft and their already hacked console? Should they have pulled it out of the market four years ago?
It just happens to fall on the normal Thursday Elvis!
Hmmm, I have a gut feeling.
The US Government actually bought a whole bunch of PS3s to use for decryption and other purposes because the PS3s are so powerful and could replace a lot of the computer clusters they were using. They'll have to make sure they don't make the firmware upgrade.
If they don't play games or Blu-ray films on them, they don't need to do so. It was a cheap way to build a Cell cluster, rather than paying through the nose for IBM Cell blades. Linux probably will still run on Devkits.
So what exactly can you do with a PS3 that you can't with a custom built computer?
build a supercomputer and cure fatness and baldness
Then what's Weaste using it for?
It's an easy way to mess around with Cell programming.
That kid's got to watch out that the giant, rich, above-the-law multi-billion dollar corporation doesn't just bump him off, like the oil companies have been doing to people that design hydrogen cars for years.
The bloke is a cock! The ability to run Linux was custom firmware for the most part, you could write and run whatever software you wanted. Apart from not having low level access to RSX, you could basically do what you wanted, you had almost total control over the Cell processor.
He professes that he's hacked the PS3, he hasn't, the furthest he has got is to modify some non-signed theme.
He claims he will release custom firmware. Hmmm..We shall see.
Custom firmware? He can't even run unsigned code!
Anyone with a fatty PS3, know your rights. 
Slashdot Games Story | PS3 Owner Refunded For Missing "Other OS"
Money, money, money!
Slashdot Games Story | PS3 Owner Refunded For Missing "Other OS"
Money, money, money!
Do you need your receipt? I may do this.
I would guess that a receipt would be a prerequisite of proof of purchase Elvis, yes!