Gentoo PPC64 PS3 LiveCD goes beta

Posted Jan 1, 2007 at 9:26PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Beta Testing, Firefox, G5, GIMP
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The betaIt's a couple of days late, but we think it can still afford to be labeled important news. Now up for beta testing is the Gentoo PPC64 PS3 LiveCD, which will enable you to use a GNOME desktop environment on both the PS3 and the G5 Apple PowerMac.

If you don't know what GNOME is, it's a kind of open-source desktop environment that people have updated with open source versions of the software normally found in other operating systems. In other words, it's an alternative desktop choice that also has a big, supportive fanbase for newbie questions.

In addition to GNOME, the LiveCD also has Audacious, Evolution, Firefox 2-X (Bon Echo), Gaim, Gimp-2, and Xchat software included, which make it a pretty hefty package. You can find more information on the ins and outs of this new development at the source, and feel free to check the additional link for download mirrors. Just look for the "experimental/ppc64/livecd" directory in your respective mirror sites. Enjoy!

Offsite Link: [Gentoo Download Mirrors]

 
 
 

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by cacaonyoface - 2007-01-01 17:57
» yayay

yayayay 1st,lol well besides that i wanna trie this looks cool thanks

by Pancho - 2007-01-01 18:07
» nice

This looks like a fun little app to play around with.

by pancho - 2007-01-01 18:11
» where

I cant seem to find the download section for this???

by Tony Rayo - 2007-01-01 19:39
» LiveCD on PS3?

Hey, I noticed this was designed as a Live CD. I know it'd work as such on a Mac, but for PS3 you still have to install via the normal method, right? (just asking, PS3 is in the mail, won't have it for a week or two though x.x).



Tony Rayo

oshidori (at) gmail {dot} com

by Victor B. - 2007-01-02 10:26
» Hello

Go to the offsite link in the article above, pick a mirror, then look for the "experimental/ppc64/livecd" directory. :)



By that, I mean, look for the experimental folder, then ppc64 inside that, and then livecd inside ppc64.

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