Comments on: LINUX ON THE PS3 http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/ We're not PlayStation but we sometimes get to speak to them Tue, 22 May 2012 09:40:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sawel http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-30249 sawel Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:48:05 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-30249 Anyone know if it is possible to create a virtual graphics card coded to use the spe's as the gpu. (Lack of ram would still be a problem though). Anyone know if it is possible to create a virtual graphics card coded to use the spe’s as the gpu. (Lack of ram would still be a problem though).

]]> By: Olivier http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16248 Olivier Tue, 01 May 2007 04:55:41 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-16248 A truly open console would be a revolution in the industry. Sony has nothing to fear (on the PC, Linux gaming is non-existent) , and everything to win: the PS would become a fantastic media player, a must-have to connect a TV to the web (internet TV, Joost, Video-on-demand, ...) An open console will crush the competition ! Just do it, Sony ! A truly open console would be a revolution in the industry. Sony has nothing to fear (on the PC, Linux gaming is non-existent) , and everything to win: the PS would become a fantastic media player, a must-have to connect a TV to the web (internet TV, Joost, Video-on-demand, …) An open console will crush the competition ! Just do it, Sony !

]]> By: androvsky http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16210 androvsky Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:47:48 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-16210 Unaccelerated 2D API? It's called SDL, available on Windows, Linux, and even OSX iirc. SDL can be accelerated if the video drivers support it, and it can also be used to handle joysticks, sound and 3D (through OpenGL). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer Unaccelerated 2D API? It’s called SDL, available on Windows, Linux, and even OSX iirc. SDL can be accelerated if the video drivers support it, and it can also be used to handle joysticks, sound and 3D (through OpenGL).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer

]]> By: Techni http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16196 Techni Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:03:29 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-16196 I wish they'd at least give us 2D acceleration on the RSX. Maybe give us some really easy to use 2D API platform. Apparently YDL has some 2D API platform, but I've seen no documentation, and it's not accelerated. Wifi access would be nice too. Remote Play access would be a godsend I wish they’d at least give us 2D acceleration on the RSX. Maybe give us some really easy to use 2D API platform.

Apparently YDL has some 2D API platform, but I’ve seen no documentation, and it’s not accelerated.

Wifi access would be nice too.

Remote Play access would be a godsend

]]> By: mark http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16073 mark Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:20:24 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-16073 the CPU is fast enough to even decode 1080P video, so that's not that important. the CPU is fast enough to even decode 1080P video, so that’s not that important.

]]> By: Rice_slayer http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15982 Rice_slayer Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:46:16 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-15982 Im using Ubuntu edgy 6.10 right now, no point to putting it on my PS3 as YDL sucked as nothing worked! Linux is best for REAL PC's... Im using Ubuntu edgy 6.10 right now, no point to putting it on my PS3 as YDL sucked as nothing worked! Linux is best for REAL PC’s…

]]> By: Salesmunn http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15971 Salesmunn Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:16:34 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-15971 Ubuntu install to PS3 video here: http://game.salesmunn.com/index.php?p=65 Ubuntu install to PS3 video here:

http://game.salesmunn.com/index.php?p=65

]]> By: silence http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15737 silence Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:26:32 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-15737 If they just lifted the restriction they set on the hypervisor for accessing the RSX or giving us some basic video accelaration. Ubuntu and all is nice, but without video acceleration it seems rather useless. What if we want to use compiz or beryl ? If they just lifted the restriction they set on the hypervisor for accessing the RSX or giving us some basic video accelaration.

Ubuntu and all is nice, but without video acceleration it seems rather useless. What if we want to use compiz or beryl ?

]]> By: androvsky http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15479 androvsky Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:22:36 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-15479 If you use framebuffer output at the command line, mplayer runs just fine. Yellow Dog is rumored to be porting OpenGL to use the Cell's spe processors, and others are working on porting other cpu intensive applications to the Cell. The audio problems were just fixed with the latest kernel update this week. But it's still all useless to me since we can't set the video mode properly, and have to rely on the TV having adjustments most TVs don't have. At the moment, I'm stuck with a big black bar on either one side of the screen or the other, depending on whether I enable overscan or not. As a long-time Linux user, I'm accustomed to not having 3D acceleration, but not even being able to set the video mode is very frustrating. Rumor has it Sony's working on opening up at least part of the RSX, but who knows when that'll happen, or if the rumors are even true. That being said, this is approximately a billion times cooler than running linux on any other console, because a) we don't have to mod the console, and b) it's officially supported, so there's plenty of people working on the improvements from both the Linux world and Sony. And if anyone's curious, USE THE UBUNTU LINUX. It's made so normal people can use it, Fedora and Yellow Dog is meant for back-room server junkies... and even the junkies don't like those distros that much any more. If you use framebuffer output at the command line, mplayer runs just fine. Yellow Dog is rumored to be porting OpenGL to use the Cell’s spe processors, and others are working on porting other cpu intensive applications to the Cell. The audio problems were just fixed with the latest kernel update this week.

But it’s still all useless to me since we can’t set the video mode properly, and have to rely on the TV having adjustments most TVs don’t have. At the moment, I’m stuck with a big black bar on either one side of the screen or the other, depending on whether I enable overscan or not. As a long-time Linux user, I’m accustomed to not having 3D acceleration, but not even being able to set the video mode is very frustrating. Rumor has it Sony’s working on opening up at least part of the RSX, but who knows when that’ll happen, or if the rumors are even true.

That being said, this is approximately a billion times cooler than running linux on any other console, because a) we don’t have to mod the console, and b) it’s officially supported, so there’s plenty of people working on the improvements from both the Linux world and Sony.

And if anyone’s curious, USE THE UBUNTU LINUX. It’s made so normal people can use it, Fedora and Yellow Dog is meant for back-room server junkies… and even the junkies don’t like those distros that much any more.

]]> By: loomis http://threespeech.com/blog/2007/04/linux-on-the-ps3-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15332 loomis Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:17:19 +0000 http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=397#comment-15332 SCUMMVM :) SCUMMVM :)

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