How to install another OS on your PS3!

Posted Nov 11, 2006 at 1:38PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Sony

Who'll get the last laugh now? They said the PS3 sucks, is late, is too expensive, isn't worth it, isn't a bargain. Well, look at it now! It's shaping up to be something worth its weight in news.

It only takes four easy steps to install another system software on the hard disk of your PS3. Yeah, you heard us right! Not only can you swap 2.5" SATA HDD, you can change the operating system (OS) software. Of course, you need compatible third-party software: but we're still waiting for more details on that (www.playstation.com just says "details will be posted soon").

But, just so you know, here's how you'd do it:

Do not turn off the PS3 system or remove the disc or storage media during installation. Doing so may cause damage to the system software.
During installation, the power button on the system front is inactive. [We're guessing this means: In other words, don't panic, and don't get confused. Your system is on and busy - don't turn it off!!!!!]

Insert the disc or storage media that contains the installer in the system.
Select (System Settings) under (Settings) in the home menu.
Select [Install Other OS]. The system searches for the installer. When the installer is found, its content and location will be displayed.
Check the content of the installer, and then select [OK]. The installer starts. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the operation.

Sony even offers hints. Wow! It's like they want us to try different OS! They keep showing how gamer-centric they are.

To start the newly installed system software, go to (Settings) > (System Settings) > [Default System], and then select [Other OS] to restart the system.
An appropriate USB adaptor (not included) is required to use storage media with some models.

Now go and spread the word. Not only can its firmware support homebrew, its OS can be changed. Wow. The PS3 is looking better every passing news day.

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Comments

# ha — Guest 2006-11-11 08:37

woo hoo the ps3 ownz.

PS3 FTW!!!11!!!!1!!!1!!!!!!1

# Next Gen — highps3 2006-11-11 08:44

Wow this is really cool and im sure some modders out there are drooling... :)

# Vista is coming :) — iceatcs 2006-11-11 08:44

Hmm, so is it might be possible to have OX, Vista and Linux all in one?

F**king huge awasome!

# nice. — Guest 2006-11-11 08:45

linux? windows?? mac os x???

# PS3 is a PC — Guest 2006-11-11 08:49

nananananananan ananannanan to all that said that it wouldn't be a computer

# . — Nerd 2006-11-11 09:01

The announced OS is Yellow Dog Linux v5.0. that's the only compatible OS that has been announced, however, the future may bring more :)

# Gyaaaaddamn! — greg2m 2006-11-11 09:01

That's just sick!! Boldest move I've seen! Yet most dangerous! Hopefully PS3 will react to that move more like "MAC" than "PC"...

# yeah you're right — Guest 2006-11-11 09:09

yeah that is true, but I'm sure some lucky Japanese hackers are already working on a port of Windows/Mac

# Sony goes all out. — GHenrik 2006-11-11 09:09

To beat wii and xbox 360, sony goes all out. After the PSP, sony knows what the fanboys want!!

# ... — highps3 2006-11-11 09:16

Very cool and you know i want to see some modders load Windows Vista on a Ps3...

Live Anywhere on a ps3? lol ...

# Okay then . . . — Guest 2006-11-11 09:20

Yeah, what were you XBox 360 fan boys where saying now . . .

# vista — LAballa3 2006-11-11 09:23

now that would be awesome

id be sooo happy

# ? — Guest 2006-11-11 09:24

so can the ps3 dual boot the OS's or if you install another one will you not have the original Sony OS on it?

# Still — Guest 2006-11-11 09:24

Why would you want to? Why? What good would it accomplish?

# CPU — Guest 2006-11-11 09:29

The Cell is a PowerPC chip lads. OS X "may" work, but not Windows without emulation.

# No it is nor The Computer — Guest 2006-11-11 09:31

PS3 is a powerfull console that can be used as a computer, What is wrong in that. You got Hi-End gaming mashine and PC... for me its Awsome... But Its Console First....................... then PC

# Wow... — Guest 2006-11-11 09:38

Looks like PS3 owners are having the last laugh now...

hahaha

# wow — Guest 2006-11-11 09:39

xbox360 = pwned

wii = pwned

ps3 = winner................... all in all all of the counsles have there advantages.....the 360 messed up with its storage device...... it bottlenecked its good hardware with lousy storage.......... thats like haveing two sli geforce 8800gtx's both running in pci slots........... it doesnt matter because your system has to be well rounded....

# Yes It can dual boot OS's — Guest 2006-11-11 09:46

Yes, by pressing the PS button ( as they call it for now ) you'll be booting up ur other os

# wow — Guest 2006-11-11 09:55

Yeah all of a sudden the Xbox fanboys went quiet. Could it be because the PS3 is selling at 600? Or that the demand alone for the PS3 is enough to outsell the X360 in a single day, two-three times over, if there were enough units available?

How's that for failing?

The Xbox 360 is selling worse than the original Xbox, while the PS3 has an 'insane' demand. They sell for $2000-$3000 a pop on eBay, and one even went for 9000 dollars.

Oh yeah, Sony really screwed themselves with the price. Sony fails, It's all over!

I LOL'd at you then, and I LOL at you now.

And this is pure awesome. Switching OS just like that. It truly is like a PC in addition to a game console. Imagine having Vista on there. =p

# .. — LAballa3 2006-11-11 10:01

wow...just wow....thats like like why have a computer

# exactly right... — Guest 2006-11-11 10:07

You have a point there mate.... Sony absolutely owned everyone - me included ... that's the best news since the PS3 was announced..

BUT! I will not put the xbox 360 down - great console and some great upcoming games... i WILL however put those good for nothing fanboys down coz they have no idea what they are missing... fair enough you can't afford more than one but theres no need to get all offensive about it.

Speaking of Fanboy... The Wii sucks balls - had a mess around with it - it's better on paper. But hey... PS3 and 360 is all one needs.

----

I wonder, if the PS3 can run say... OS X, Vista ... i wonder if it can play the games and run the software associated with the OS ... IF it does... say goodbye to the PC market.. .lol!

# Hmmm — Guest 2006-11-11 10:46

>"I wonder, if the PS3 can run say... OS X, Vista ... i wonder if it can play the games and run the software associated with the OS ... IF it does... say goodbye to the PC market.. .lol!"

The PC and Mac have nothing to worry about.

It's one thing to run an OS desgined to make GOOD use of the hardware (i.e. Yellow Dog Linux), but to hack or emulate another OS will only be good for bragging rights ("Hey look, we've got XP working"), but in terms of performance, it would be bad to the point of being worthless.

I've always considered the PS3 will be a first class console but a second rate computer, and I've seen nothing so far to change my mind. :|

# WOW 360 is screwed!! — Guest 2006-11-11 10:46

HOLY!!!!!!!!! SH!!!!!! OMFG I cant believe this, Hopefully all we need now is being able to run pc games from within the OS.... This will be the cheapest computer to date with a high end graphic card that cost around $499 alone.. wow the Cpu alone will probably cost people aroun d 600 dollars if it was to put on a PC. Ps3 is the cheapest console on earth!!!

# *Roll eyes* — Guest 2006-11-11 10:50

Why are you so shocked? This is OLD news, what is new is HOW it's been implemented, not the fact that you can run another OS on the PS3.

And why is the 360 screwed? It's a games console, not a computer.

# hmm — skidz 2006-11-11 10:52

This is very interesting. Looks like Sony know what they are doing. Very smart move imo. In the long run if MS cant compete with this, its going to hurt them.

# Good for us bad for Sony ? — Guest 2006-11-11 10:55

This is a great move for us the consumer but Sony could shoot themselves in the foot here. They loose money on every console they sell and If people start buying the PS3 just to run linux & linux apps etc it could cost them.

# Not really!!!! — Guest 2006-11-11 11:13

Because those peoples will realize that they have a gaming machine to.

PS:First I want to be clear, I'm not a fanboy! I have a x360 and a PS3 nov.17. But I just came form the Arcadia festival in Montreal (I live there) and It sucks real bad.

--First Sony was not there. No PSP-PS2-PS3.

--The big Hype was about Nintendo Wii. And lots of peoples was disappointed including myself. The BIG problem are the controller. You can't control lots of things in same time like a conventional controller. Buttons are missing and you can play all the games with little movement with your wrist. Not like Nintendo Ads ( with simulating movement). The worst is Wii-Sport, you only control one thing (the raquette, the bat, the punch gloves etc)You can't move the character! Zelda are the same thing in the GameCube. You got to have both side by side to see a little differences. Exci-Truck was the coolest but it get boring to quick. I think the hype for the Wii will be down real fast. You have to play it to see it's a Gamecube for 250$.

Ok! now the X360 as the good games. Call of duty 3 are F***king GOOD! I think I'll buy it for PS3. The Graphic for Gears of war was over the top! But the gameplay is medium and the way you control your character suck. Most of the action moves are on the A button, so when there is an enemy and you are close to a wall, the character don't always do the good action. So you got kill. It still good but i really don't think it deserve a 9/10.

So PS3 I waiting for you NOW!

# what! — Guest 2006-11-11 11:20

What do you mean why! Because if you can have different os, then you can install things that only run on a computer on to your ps3. Such as mozilla, msn live, windows media player and more!

# Vista, Mac OS? — Guest 2006-11-11 11:24

I hope everybody appreciates how impossibly difficult it would be for a hacker of any ability to get OS X or Windows of any flavour running on the PS3.

Windows is specifically designed to run on x86 architecture. OS X will similarly only run on x86 and IBM G5 chips. The operating systems have been designed from the ground up with these architectures in mind, and significant portions of the millions of lines of code developed specifically to run only on those chips.

For example, this is why until very recently, Mac OS could not be run on a PC of any description.

The Cell Chip in the PS3 is completely and utterly unlike anything Mac OS or Windows has ever run on before. Even though the PS3 can 'run other OSs', the reality of the matter is that that OS must be developed and compiled for that system.

There are only two ways Windows or Mac OS X will ever run on the PS3. Either Microsoft/Apple redevelop the code for the console - very highly unlikely. Or through emulation in Yellow Dog Linux where, again, due to the difference in chip architecture, would run god awfully slow.

Sorry guys, but Linux will be the only OS available to the PS3. Further, Yellow Dog will probably be all thats available for quite a long time.

:( No console PC gaming.

# phrax — Guest 2006-11-11 11:39

Thanks for clearing that up :)

# idiot — Guest 2006-11-11 11:59

dude if you really thing your the voice of reason your an idiot god i hate jealous people some good it could acomplish is some homebrew that could be distributed freely instead of gay microtransation s on live which trys its hardest to take all of your money

# hmm — Guest 2006-11-11 12:11

So if you install another OS can you return to the default XMB and play PS3 games?

# right — Guest 2006-11-11 13:57

See this is why we have computers... to do web browsing and such......... consoles are for playing games right?

# More Ram?!?!/ — Guest 2006-11-11 14:04

One of the things that really limits it though as a computer as the Ram if you could upgrade to say 4 GB and 1 GB video then were talking computer plus maybe a 750 GB HDD

# it's not out of the question — Guest 2006-11-11 14:14

both the IBM G5 chips and the new cell processors are based on the power pc architecture. yellow dog linux has been the primary linux distro for ppc for some time. so it's not out of the question that osx could run natively on the ps3.

# This is STUPID — Guest 2006-11-11 14:17

How many of you own a PSP? Sony has been screwing everyone who wants to run homebrew on that for as long as it has been available. Do you really think sony will let you be able to run homebrew on the PS3? Also there is no way you could run Vista or any windows software on the cel processor (except possibly thru emulation - which would suck anyway) - it is power pc based. To all of you sony fan boys, if you don't have a xbox360 you don't know what you are talking about, All of the games this generation will be the same as last generation with graphics as good as the lesser system (xbox ports were not as good as they could be due to the fact that the games were produced for the PS2 as well).

Kinda tired of the whole Sony vs Microsoft pissing contest anyway.

# fun — Guest 2006-11-11 14:23

ehhh......How about AmigaOS 4?? now that would be really fun :-)

LOL

It is not the OS what makes a computer/console great, it is all about the user (ok, and about the software witch can be run on the OS)

# OS's — Guest 2006-11-11 14:25

This says it looks for an "installer". this obviously means that the OS must have a signiture or something by sony. Windows would only work if they put this "installer" in their programs.

# p3mc — Guest 2006-11-11 15:15

playstation3 media center!!!!!!! P3mc!!!!!

# I wonder if MOL will work if the cell has enough in common with PPC — Guest 2006-11-11 15:52

http://www.maconlinux.org/

I was wondering if we can run OSX with linux ;)

# Linux — Vietone 2006-11-11 15:52

Linux is one of the best OS you can possibly have.

With the relationship of Novell and Microsoft, its only a matter of time before Microsoft makes its software more Linux Friendly.

Also the cell processor is a number cruncher, meaning its better for applications. There are more then enough open source applications for linux that justify its usage in the PS3.

Fact being homebrew on the Xbox360 will never have the potential of the PS3. Get use to it, if it works on linux, it works on the PS3.

# Actually — [BOT] Bob 2006-11-11 15:52

Some PC games have a linux installer right on the disc, and even run better on linux, assuming it was coded for openGL(which it probably was if it has a linux installer) and you have an Nvidia(ATI has bad linux driver support). Oh and the game/s I'm talking about is/are UT2K3/4, oh and hopefully 7. That would be freaking sweet to take a PS3 to a LAN and people are like "you're dumb" then you own them at UT2K7-on-Linux-on-PS3.

# Hmm — Guest 2006-11-11 15:59

I don't know...

They could be blowing this whole thing out of proportion.

And besides, who the hell would want to install bug ***** windows so they can look at it on their TV?

# XBOX=LOSERS — ps3crazy 2006-11-11 16:04

SCREW U XBOX OWNERS!! LAUGHING AT ME FOR WANTING A PS3 AND SAYING ITS A WASTE OF MONEY! THE ONLY OS U CAN HAVE IS MICROSOFTS!! HAHAHA SCREW U BILL GATES. LINUX TIME TO RULE!

# Highly Unlikely? — Guest 2006-11-11 16:13

Why wouldnt apple/microsoft want PS3 to run their OS? (more specifically MS, as they do not make hardware) Wouldnt that just bring more people, maybe even a larger marketshare over to their side??

# cant wait! — Guest 2006-11-11 16:14

my faith in sony has been restored......temporarily

# This is a Joke — Guest 2006-11-11 18:03

I have seen sony make promises in the past and fall short. Whatever happened to the PS2 running linux and people making their own games and what not. Give me a break, this is just a marketing ploy to get you geeks excited over the PS3.

# yooo — Guest 2006-11-11 19:03

u go ps3 u already won

# returd — Guest 2006-11-11 19:03

sounds like you are retard the ps2 did have linux but wasnt released globally and this is probably one of the greatest marketing ploys ever for a console i wish microsoft came up with something slighty as good

# Morons — Guest 2006-11-11 20:20

WTF are you guys out of your minds?

A) A *****ing console is for GAMES NOT OTHER CRAP.

B) There GRAPHIC Cards are NOT geared towards PC games so there goes that theory of being able to use the AwEsome Power of the ps3 for the games, talk about a bottle neck if you try to run it based off of the CPU itself. The RAM is *****

C) You ***** tards will end up just running Windows on your PS3 ANyway. SO in the end MS still wins.

And for the record i dont own a *****ing XBOX or plan on owning a $600 space heater. Ill wait until the prices go down.

# hb? — Guest 2006-11-11 20:56

is this sony's way of saying yes to homebrew? i cant wait whats in store for psp :)

# ????? OWNED? THINK AGAIN — Guest 2006-11-11 21:27

TRUE U CAN INSTALL ANOTHER OS.......WAIT THATS 300 USDMORE FOR MS XP, OR 1000 USD FOR OSX WAT EVER...REMEMBER NOT EVERYONE OWNS A WIN XP DISC (IM SURE RECOVERY DISCS WONT WORK)

PLUS THE 600 DOLLARS FOR THE PS3....... YEAH U CAN SAY THERE IS LINUX...BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO USE LINUX.

AND FOR U MY FRIEND, SADLY VISTA WONT BE RUNNING ON PS3 (UNLESS IT LAGS) DUE THE FACT THAT EVEN A PC DESIGNED FOR VISTA NEEDS AT LEAST 1GB (512 ACTUALLY.BUT ILL LOOK CRAPPY BUT BETTER THAN PS3)OF RAM WHICH PS3 DONT HAVE AND FOR PS3 TO MAKE USE OF THE AMAZING GRAPHICS USED BY VISTA IT NEEDS A VIDEO CARD MAKEOVER. HO CARES WHATS THE PRICE IT WAS SOLD ON EBAY....ITS NOT LIKE IF U BOUGHT IT...PROBABLY IT WAS THE SELLERR WHO BID ON IT MAD TIMES ON IT... LOL

BESIDES WINDOWS AND MAC CANT BE INSTALLED NATIVELY....WHICH MEANS ULL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A HACK OR BE STUCK WITH YELLOW DOG LINUX v5.0....HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA SO NO IT AITN TRUE YET

# Except... — Guest 2006-11-11 21:29

...[BOT] Bob, they are still running on a PC with an x86 based CPU from either Intel of AMD.

Cell is not, it's PowerPC based, therefore x86 code will need to be emulated, and this is an area where floating-point power is of little use. A 'Virtual PC' (like that seen on the previous PowerPC based Macs) is fine for running applications, but it's not going to run PC games well on the PS3, especially with just 256MB main memory.

# DUMB PEOPLE — Guest 2006-11-11 21:38

Sony throws in the word linux and all ya *****as are barking like little dogs saying mamma mamma. sony sony.......open ur eyes fools..its just a marketing excuse...i bet that 99.9 pf the people in this thread dont even know what linux is....probably the omly thing ull run in linux is VLC.

# And do you have only Linux on your PC? — Guest 2006-11-11 22:16

Yes the Cell processor is a great number cruncher (because of the SPU cores), but that doesn't mean it's better for applications, it means it's better for applications where number crunching is important, such as mp3/mpeg encoding/decoding, physics simultations, graphics processing etc.

For general purpose applications, the CPU in the 360 is actually a better processor (with 3x 3.2Ghz cores for running code compared to 1 3.2Ghz core in Cell).

>"Fact being homebrew on the Xbox360 will never have the potential of the PS3. Get use to it, if it works on linux, it works on the PS3."

Potential for doing what exactly? No matter how much you want to spin it, these are actually GAMES consoles we're talking about, and all other functions beyond that are just welcome extras.

Besides, on WWW.GAMESPOT.COM, 47 minutes into their 'On The Spot' show (Nov 11th 2006), there's an incredible example of a 'homebrew' racing game produced for the 360 by some guy using XNA on the PC. This is the kind of potential I'm interested in for a GAMES console (since I'm also a programmer).

On a side note, 'On The Spot' was a great show this week, and also features Ted Price demonstrating Resistance, NVidia's latest card, Red Steel for the Wii, GoW multiplay and much more. So it's well worth watching. :)

Oh and, if it works on Linux doesn't mean it will work on the PS3, since it will need to be recompiled first for the Cell processer. No doubt this will happen for numerous applications over time, but just pointing out that it's not automatic.

# VERY impressive Gamez — Guest 2006-11-12 00:14

I haven't watched the whole show, but I've watched the part about XNA, and I have to admit, it is very promising and does offer great potential for those interested in creating their own games on the 360 or even getting a job in the games industry as programmers and designers.

I'm watching the rest of that show now.

Thanks.

# haha — Guest 2006-11-12 04:36

Yeah! I get to install Windows on my PS3! A Microsoft product! You might say, its different because its an OS, but if you going to go to lengths to try and turn your PS3 into a PC then no its not different. I have a perfectly fine computer right here, but nah, I think Ill install Windows on my PS3! Sure it wont run right, and I wont be able to run anything worth being excited about, but do I care? Nope. This feature crushes Xbox 360! How? I don't have a *****'n clue! But it does! Think about it, your not going to be run games, or Windows Vista properly, as in useable. The hardware in a PS3 is not compatible with such OS, the most you'll be able to do is run media player and browse the web, something the PS3 already comes with. Oh wait, there is minesweeper. Big up for PS3. While you guys are living in some fantasy, Xbox 360 is sticking by what it set out to do, which is being a CONSOLE. If I want a computer (which I do) I buy a PC something that was made for these OS. Sony might as well be competeing with Alienware if they are going this route. Yeah big up guys you guys win.

# Imagine the possibilities... — Guest 2006-11-12 05:34

http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_5.htm

Check this link out and then tell me you are not interested.

# awesome — Guest 2006-11-12 05:43

a picture instead of 1000 words:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2778/ps3vs360loopen6.gif

# AHAHHAHAHA ....true — Guest 2006-11-12 05:48

lol PWNED

# teh funnay — Guest 2006-11-12 05:58

+)))

# i loled — Guest 2006-11-12 06:03

:))

# idiots — Guest 2006-11-12 06:27

what has microsoft done to you?

# russ your wrong — Guest 2006-11-12 07:55

maybe...microsoft make XBOX 360 thats why they wouldn't want ps3 runnin windows imagine what would happen. xbox 360 would look like ***** compared to a console that can run windows xp/vista. Microsoft would kill it's own console

# PPC — Guest 2006-11-12 09:18

PS3 can run most Linux distros that have a Power PC release.

http://ps3.qj.net/category/Linux/cid/3003

# teh morons poster is one.. — Guest 2006-11-12 11:32

A now it is

B its not for Windows games anyways numbskull since (see C) and the PS2 run Linux fine with 32mb RAM, the PS3 got 256. maybe it can even use all of its memory for 512mb.

C and due to having a non-86 CPU it wont run Windows either, ever. (this maust be one of the best things with the machine..) :)

# Dont be Blind — Guest 2006-11-12 12:01

dont be blind guys there just using this to justify the purchase of a 600 gamming console and a blue ray trojan horse. It no added benifit because everyone here has a pc. Also you guys are pretty late the original xbox could run linux. The cell is a floating point number cruncher. However it does not excel in integer operations which are used in normal applications. Also ps3 will not run vista because windows operating systems are compiled for the x86 processors.

# LInux is just fine people! Try something new!!! — Guest 2006-11-12 12:26

Who fellas-I know the Fanboys have been really ticking people off but SLOW DOWN!!! Why is everyone so concerned about mods and hacks making a bootleg version of windows or vista for PS3? Have any of you ever tried Linux? News flash people, there are many OS out there-M$ is just the one you see all the time. There is nothing wrong with trying something different. Linux on PS3 is a perfectly acceptable OS that doesn't require any mods or hacks or anything! Besides that, there are many versions of Linux, and a few that people say is even better than Windows in terms of simple easy-to-use applications. My point is-M$ is the more popular OS-but it isn't necessarily the best. Just look at Fire Fox. Even though Internet Explorer is probably the most common browser, many people are downloading Fire Fox because of it's cool features and add-on ability. Linux is the same way! It's an OS that can evolve over time so we might not ever need "Windoze" or any hack OS whatsoever.

On the gaming thing, I wouldn't worry too much about it. There's some Linux based games out there, but seriously, it's a PS3! If you want to play PC games, then just go get a PC.

Also please don't knock the Wii! It is very possible for PS3 to sell 100 million units and the Wii to sell the same thing. The consoles are not going after the same consumers. Women for one, will probably be interested in the Wii, and that's a plus for gaming. On 360-well it simply is a lesser PS3 as far as I'm concerned. Yes, there are some good games (Gears of War, Halo 3, Mass Effect) but essentially, it's PS3 with a weaker CPU and no Japanese support. So take your pick. I've always defended PS3 because It is the console with the most potential out of the three. It offers up a taste of what both other systems do (Online play, Motion Sensing) while retaining the best First party devs in the industry and the biggest Japanese support. Sony has been on top for 10 years now-so it's only natural to see news slanted about the console. If Resistance, Motorstorm, and Heavenly Sword is just the a taste of what's to come for PS3 though, we shouldn't have to defend our precious console for too much longer. With PS3 being a true media hub, I'm really looking forward to checking out the system..

# PC Games on PS3? — Guest 2006-11-12 17:38

WOW! Windows + PS3 = PC Games on PS3?

# Hell Yes.. — WarLord 2006-11-12 17:49

If this doesn't justify PS3's pricetag, then I don't know what will.

# OS? — Guest 2006-11-12 21:56

It probably only refering to, to flash you PS3...

WinXP, Vista, etc (I don't think so)

Linux (maybe)

One thing is clear, its an expensive PC...

And if Sony wants to go to war with "Windows" Good Luck

# nice — Darkatomz 2006-11-13 01:18

wow thats cool. so you can install xp or vista out of the box??

# my predictions were right — Guest 2006-11-13 02:45

well let me first start off by saying sony got too *****y and the system isnt gonna live up to the hype that it was putting out its a 600$ grill and it frys the components inside 2/3 of the ps3s that were in the gamestop i was in exploded in their display casing becuz the system got too hot and every one was disappointed at the system graphically and gameplay...there was slowdown and pop-ups meaning ***** would just appear out of thin air...n64? alot of people thought so...so sony what are you gonna do about it and how are u gonna beat 360 this holiday season with a *****ty system that fries it and the graphics and gameplay arnt up to par i cant wait till sony goes bankrupt becuz their too *****y for their own good...

# Heres a crazy thought — Guest 2006-11-13 21:20

Heres a crazy thought, why not buy a PC to run Windows or Mac to run OSX, and buy a games console to play games?

If its anything like modding on the PSP most of the new games wont work with modded firmware, if you want PS3 to go down the pan then go ahead and dont support the games industry by playing ripped games.

# to Gamez — Guest 2006-11-16 10:02

actually with Cedega Linux can do near everything windows can do, I personaly use only linux on my PC and I couldn't be happier. I don't want to kick my computer every 2 hours like I did when I used windows, just every other week now.

# GABAULT TO YOU ALL — Guest 2006-11-17 19:24

I HAVE LINUX/windows and both have a webbrowser and i could do everything the ps3 can on my 360. I think the only way the ps3 can beat all the rest in my opinion is if they actually make some good games and so far that aint happening all the ***** i seen at E3 and online doesnt cut it.

# ps3 xp OS — xche78x 2006-11-18 03:59

if the PS3 can have windows xp to run properly on it with full hardware support, then we are getting a hybrid & unified next gen console/pc/media-center for $600. sony will definitely triple the ps3 enthusiasts owners.

imagine windows based games specially designed for the ps3-winxp-combo, all will be able to play a pc game on the same powerful hardware architecture and still also get all the goodies the ps3 universe offers. but this is not possible through legal sony stuff cause they wont be getting the extra dough from the game publishers, more bad thing microsoft will. but possible through homebrew scene.

# PS os — Guest 2006-11-22 04:18

Can any one try to run window on there ps3?To see if it works then tell every one on the forums if it works or not. because mindless crap about ps3 can run this and, that is b.s. So some if any one has A PS3 TRY INSTALLING WINDOWS XP, OR MAC AND Tell us if it works

# Windows/Mac On Playstaion 3 — Guest 2006-11-22 15:22

I have just phoned up the sony company in regaureds to the window/mac working on a ps3. They responded to my question saying nether window or mac will work, only linux will work and, some 3rd party Operating systems.

# right... ? wrong! — Guest 2006-11-23 15:01

PS3 will have online capabilities allowing u to chat to your mates on your friends list, even whilst playing a game, and u can browse the web like u normally cud on a PC....

u can add ur photos and music as well... so really, who needs a PC? sure they have their use but not in this area, gaming media and entertainment is where PS3 will thrive

# The Finishing of the debate — Guest 2006-11-24 04:23

ps3 has already run fedora; a non-limited version of linux that will not be manipulated. snes and n64 is already running on the ps3. now if all of you xbox fanboys hate nintendo too then your stupider then i thought. hving the ability to play ps3 n64 snes nes atari and other things on emulators that have played the games at full speed since release of ps3 is good enough of a reason to buy one. plus a blu-ray disc player that is proven to work better than the 900 dollar ones on the market right now.

now try and tell me that thats not a good deal.

I'll pretend i'm listening.

# im a retard — Guest 2006-11-24 04:33

look at me guys my name is ENFORCER with full caps and im a retard

# You get way too excited... — Guest 2006-11-28 20:17

Why do half the comments on here involve bashing the 360 or the Wii? I've played the PS3, the 360 and the Wii and they're all great systems. None of the consoles are horrible or even bad... The 360 has more great games than the PS3 at the moment and has already been enjoyed for a year. It's stupid to say the 360 is crap because it's not as powerful or can't run Linux. Anyone who has played it knows the graphics are impressive. It's a gaming machine and it's about half the price of a PS3-- pretty on par with its capabilities.

The Wii is also great. I feel sorry for you if you can't enjoy a new way of gaming. The controls are incredibly intuitive and there's nothing like playing a game like bowling and actually having to clear a space to throw the ball. My mother, who never has played a video game before in her life, was able to score a 186 her first time bowling on the Wii.

You don't have to like all of the consoles out there but comments like "SCREW U XBOX OWNERS!!" or "The Wii sucks balls" make you look retarded. At least to me.

As for the topic, Linux on PS3 is super ****ing cool.

# ...dude ur gay — Regime2008 2006-11-29 10:26

360's launch was outrageous.....n in reality it sold its console for higher prices than wat u mentioned on ebay....so go suk ur granny's dik

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