Linked by David Adams on Wed 16th Apr 2008 15:34 UTC, submitted by LinucksGirl
Linux The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. In the third and final article of this series on PS3 Linux Peter Seebach talks about ways to get X11 slimmed down to fit on a smaller memory budget.
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RE[2]: Comment by arokh
by FunkyELF on Thu 17th Apr 2008 13:29 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by arokh"
FunkyELF
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2006-07-26

I bought an (original) xbox for exactly one reason XBMC.


...XBMC runs on Linux now. If there were accelerated graphics drivers for Linux on the PS3 you could do the same thing but actually play HD content over HDMI

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RE[3]: Comment by arokh
by dagw on Thu 17th Apr 2008 14:23 in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by arokh"
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2005-07-06

...XBMC runs on Linux now. If there were accelerated graphics drivers for Linux on the PS3 you could do the same thing but actually play HD content over HDMI

That was actually one of my first thoughts when I learned that XBMC was was being ported to Linux and that the PS3 would run Linux. Then I found out exactly how restricted the hardware access would be and Sony lost a sale.

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