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Ubuntu 8.10 on a PS3

Jan 10, 2009 17:48

Jumped through hoops to get Ubuntu 8.10 onto my PS3. Jumped through more hoops to get WPA working so I could get it onto our home network (that required a custom kernel). Played around a bit. The system is severely limited and the graphics are ass slow. There's no accelerated video support, so you can't use it as a media system at all - video playback is jerky and out of sync. There're experimental drivers to make this better, but they don't actually get at the PS3 GPU, and the last update was in late 2007. So, fuck that.

Executive summary: The whole experience sucks, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Maybe things would've gone better if I hadn't named the system pestilence.
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