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Buy a PS3 preloaded with Linux

by Grant Robertson Feb 22nd 2007

If you're jealous of all those mad scientists who've been loading up Linux on their shiny new Sony PS3, TerraSoft thinks they have the answer. They're taking pre-orders for PS3's pre-loaded with Yellow Dog Linux's Playstation distribution. Now, even if you don't know a kernel from a colonel, you can smile brightly when your friends and foes drop jaws to the ground while your expensive console boots the most advanced open source OS on the planet.

Your Linux laden PS3 will set you back $650 ~~credits~~ dollars and TerraSoft isn't making any promises on when your new pride and joy will arrive. If you've already got your hot little hand on the third generation of Sony console, IBM's got a helpful guide to squeezing Yellow Dog in alongside Sony's own proprietary OS. The only caveat? Sony's partial opening of the platform comes with a tiny string attached; You'll get no accelerated graphics capabilities when running Linux.

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