Early on, it was a bit of a challenge to get Linux natively installed on the PS3. Time has passed, and a great deal has changed. Fedora 7 installs on the PS3 out of the box, with the most challenging installation steps eliminated. This article introduces the basic configuration knobs and widgets specific to the PS3 running Linux, shows you how to use them effectively, and suggests the kind of trickery that gets improved performance.
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Member since:2005-11-10
Sony are every bit as responsible for the ridiculous concept of a "trusted path" as those who implement it in their own equipment. You're forgetting that Sony delayed the PS3 by a year in order to finish off the DRM in Blu-Ray. You are also forgetting the Sony Rootkit fiasco. Oh, and MagicGate before that...
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2007-07-13
Surely Sony had the choosing the video interfaces used by the PS3. No one forced them to use HDCP, they chose it - so please stop making them out to be less-than-willing saints, ok.
The truth is all the big companies will take your money but they don't want you to have any digital rights whatsoever. They don't trust us at all - and who can blame them, most people disregard copyright entirely when it is convenient for themselves.
Edited 2008-08-03 18:38 UTC
Member since:2006-01-16
Member since:2008-02-26
Sony is DRM and DRM is Sony. I cannot think of a company that has been on the dark side of things for more time than Sony.
Many years ago I bought an "mp3 player" by Sony. That rounded piece of crap needed proprietary DRM software to transfer anything into it, also wouldn't let you recover your own files. Last thing I will ever buy from them.
Blue DRMay is Sony's format.
Sony. Releasing crippled hardware and contents since the 1990s.
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2006-06-13
DRM-laden Sony screen? It sounds like you are trying to imply that the DRM restrictions are due to Sony. With the obsessive references to DRM you are clearly just a troll as which other console doesn't feature rights management??
From Wikipedia:
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High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a form of digital copy protection developed by Intel Corporation to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across DisplayPort, Digital Visual Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Gigabit Video Interface (GVIF), or Unified Display Interface (UDI) connections. The specification is proprietary, and implementing HDCP requires a license.
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Edited 2008-08-03 17:37 UTC