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Former Member
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Here is a post that might interest some: PS3 with Linux Ken Kutaragi has been quoted as saying that linux will be available for PS3. You can get a kit for PS2. This certainly opens things up for unused entertainment supercomputers. I suspect when WCG release a linux version it will be binary so unless they recompile for this hardware or release source code this is a bit of a mute point. They page you linked didn't show up but you're right. A linux kit would make it a whole lot easier. But there are other factors, like storage capacity. I think Sony wants to sell the PS3 without a HD this time. Of course it will have heaps of memory, but still. It could mean that the PS3 is not capable of storing huge blocks of information, except for static application data like game content. So, would be a great feat if it worked, but I'm still a bit sceptical. Also, consoles are typically not the type of things you keep running out of game. Unless the game runs off linux, you can't switch from game mode into linux with the touch of a button. It's completely at the games discretion if it allows any of that stuff or not. [Sigh. Apparently I had some extreme form of profanity in here, which I didn`t even recognise when I went looking for it.. Thanks go to nelsoc for finding it for me and cutting it out. No hard feelings. Still I`m left a bit numb from the experience. I accept that there are forum rules, and that this is a US centric website/organisation. I didn`t even know the meaning of the word profanity, turns out it`s a little hard to define as well. Whatever. It`ll be a while before I will post here again. Cheers.] [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 20, 2005 7:48:04 PM] |
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Former Member
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Hello aoa,
----------------------------------------First, remember the forum rules on language use in posts. Second, there are a number of articles about the add-on external hard drive with pre-installed Linux that will be available at extra cost for the PS3. Because the PS3 will usually be hooked up to a cheap TV, probably relatively few people will convert their PS3 into a general purpose computer. But the ruling limitation is really on the video end. And digital TV is coming, so the PS4 will appear in an environment that encourages this sort of thing. Added: Here is a short article advocating distributed computing on consoles: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67835,00.html I believe it would be a tremendous PR promotion in the schools, at least if the client could be read on the screen. mycrofth [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 18, 2005 12:34:25 PM] |
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Former Member
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Hello Mycroft,
First, eh.. did I miss something? Second, I was gonna post this very news link here when I just read your post, so you beat me to it! A summary to all those articles has been linked through slasdot http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/0...66&tid=228&tid=10 as well. All the best. |
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Former Member
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Thanks, a0a.
That is an interesting slash-dot thread. I think that a PS3 client could attract great publicity in the schools, but there are really a lot of issues to deal with. mycrofth |
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Former Member
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What are the issues?
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The biggest issue [my opinion] is security protection for a console w/Linux hooked up to the internet. Maybe not a big problem if dealing with high school or older geeks [computer sophisticates] but this might be a major disincentive for younger people. Too often computers end up looking like ham radios - - the so-called amateurs using them have to be pretty expert or they run into trouble. A specialized game console connecting automatically to a game network is one thing, but general internet use with an OS like Linux might need a lot of hand-holding. Combined with the video quality of the usual TV, this might relegate Linux consoles to fringe groups. I really want to reach out to the bright Junior High age group and get people used to the idea of distributed computing. Still, I think that a good add-on Linux drive will slowly lead to workable defacto security solutions and a growing community using Linux consoles. I just think that it will have to grow for a while.
And I may be too pessimistic. Once Linux is out for the PS3, I expect that a lot of people will work on it, trying to make it easy for school children. |
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Jason Darienzo
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No deals with Microsoft or Sony are required to get the grid software on the new xbox360 and PS3. The World Cummunity grid administrators should just write sofware that runs on those consoles. They have hard drives now to always have it on there. Even the current xbox could be used. My xbox is next to my computer doing nothing when it could be working for the grid.
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