More hassle than it's worth, rattle out that old laptop and emulate retro games with no hassle-connect up to that huge tv in your living room via vga. PS3 ubuntu runs like a three legged dog
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of marc garrett Sent: 01 February 2009 2:45 PM To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity Subject: [NetBehaviour] PS3 Ubuntu install for emulation. PS3 Ubuntu install for emulation. Gizmodo has done us all a favor by wading through many forum posts and condensing them into a handy guide to installing Ubuntu on your Playstation 3. It covers some of the caveats of going this route. You have to backup all of your game data before starting since the system repartitions the drive. Ubuntu installs without any problem, but because the cell processor is a PowerPC architecture it means not everything has been ported to it. There are a few things you need to install to get the Sixaxis controller to be recognized as a joystick. Super Nintendo emulator SNES9X is available and works, mostly. It doesn't support fullscreen and cries if you reconfigure the buttons. http://i.gizmodo.com/5143547/how+to-install-ubuntu-on-your-ps3-for-vintage-g aming-emulation _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
