[mythtv-users] PS3 to come with full Linux

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On May 18, 2006, at 10.25, Graham Wood wrote:

> On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 05:16:41PM +0200, Dimitri Mallis wrote:
>> work with me here on this 1
>>
>> if the ps3 can run linux
>> will that then mean that ps3 games could run on a normal linux pc?
> No.
>
> My sparc box runs linux - but that can't run any x86 code... Unless  
> you've been talking to
> the guys at transative...

I suspect there would be other additional problems involved.  
Including, but not limited to:

* Lack of Sony PS3 APIs/Modules/etc. in an Linux PC
* Lack of BluRay drive for reading the discs
* Lack of enough CPU/GPU power to handle the code (though I might be  
wrong on this one, but until we can benchmark the CELL...)

I'm also guessing that, like the PS2, the XBox, and now the GameCube,  
you'll have to boot Linux, so as to try and prevent giving people to  
any of the proprietary code (even as a binary). It made sense for  
Sony in the past, and it seems logical for the future.
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