Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Jan 2007 20:54 UTC, submitted by anonymous
It is unusual for gaming consoles to allow foreign operating systems to be installed on them. Sony decided to open up the PS3 console and allow third-party operating systems to be installed. Learn how to get started developing for the Cell BE processor on the PS3. This article provides an overview, installation, and first programming steps. Its the easiest way for programmers to get their hands on the new Cell Broadband Engine processor and take it for a drive.
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FWIW, NetBSD is being ported to the PS3 as well.
Here's the (ultra-short) dmesg:
http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/ml/port-powerpc-ja/200612/msg00004.h...
and a "screenshot" of NetBSD/ps3 going multi-user mode:
http://nandra.segv.jp/NetBSD/PS3.jpg