It was a very easy install. Linux is very easy, and take some time to learn some basic code. Just sign up to some forms. It will take a little time, but it will be worth it.
Berlin On Feb 21, 2007, at 5:32 PM, RonB wrote: > Hopefully this is the right place for this posting. I was literally > about to head out to the Sony store to pick up a 60GB PS3 when I saw > Yellowdog mentioned in a forum. I hope someone in this forum can tell > me if Yellowdog Linux is a good match for my needs. First of all, I > have no interest in writing code for Linux. At my age, learning a new > OS isn't practical. What I am interested in is having greater > flexibility in what I can do with my PS3. For example, as I > understand > it, the PS3 as shipped from the factory isn't very 'media center' > friendly. The FAT32 file system precludes most HD program sources > that > I would use such as hour long ATSC broadcasts downloaded from another > computer on the LAN. Even without the 4GB file size limit, apparently > the PS3, as shipped from the factory, has no provisions for LAN file > transfers or being able to display streaming video. Since I really > don't want to dig around in the bowels of Linux, I'd want to be > able to > simply download the required software and run; i.e. I'd want the > PS3 to > be like an OSX Mac rather than a Wintel abomination. I could go > on, but > I think this single example is representative of what I want to do. > Considering the above, would buying my PS3 from Terra Soft with > pre-installed Linux be of any use to me. > > [Administrators... I apologize if the above is inappropriate for this > forum. For a variety of reasons I need to pick up my PS3 soon and was > hoping this would be a quick source for additional information. If > not, > please delete it.] > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
