FreeBSD Running On PS3 127
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from the what-took-so-long dept.
from the what-took-so-long dept.
An anonymous reader writes "One week after Sony's PlayStation 3 private cryptography key was obtained, FreeBSD is up and running on the PS3. Nathan Whitehorn writes: 'Yesterday, I imported support for the Sony Playstation 3 into our 64-bit PowerPC port, expanding our game console support into the current generation. There are still a few rough edges due to missing hardware support, but the machine boots and runs FreeBSD stably. These rough edges should be smoothed out in time for the 9.0 release.'" Update: 01/10 15:04 GMT by KD : As several commenters have pointed out, the submission was misleading in that BSD runs in OtherOS, making no use of the cracked keys.
They had me at "Free" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:They had me at "Free" (Score:4, Funny)
You don't have to, but if you get caught taking one without paying for it, you might go to jail.
Also, since the source code is open for all to see, you can just read the code and allocate all resources using pen and paper. It's much better than D&D, trust me.
who needs scooby-doo? (Score:4, Funny)
this is so fuckin' cool. next time my 3 year old wants to watch a scooby DVD, Cars or play the Rub a Dub Rub demo i'll just boot up the PS3 to the command line and excite him with /home/var
Re:who needs scooby-doo? (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe that's his child's username...or worse, it's his childs name!
Re:I only have one word to say about this (Score:5, Funny)
Well to be fair the Linux guy would want to "spice up" your drink with all these 'free" ingredients that were made for a dozen different drinks that didn't go together, so what you ended up with smelled suspiciously like RMS's feet and tasted just as bad. The Windows guy would just pour you some stale shit from a can while swearing it is completely fresh and flavorful, while the Apple guy would offer you an "iSmoothy" that cost three times what it was worth and when you told him you didn't like Pineapple he would say "Liar! Everyone LOVES Pineapple! You just aren't cultured enough to appreciate the experience!"
So I guess the moral of the story is to pour your own drinks and OS guys typically have bad taste in booze.