On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:16:50 +0000, Sinister Midget wrote:
> On 2006-11-03, Daniel Metzger <pichu0102@xxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:43:58 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 on the PlayStation 3
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Terra Soft's YDL 5.0 distribution, which will ship with GCC 4 and the
>>> | Cell SDK in addition to a broad assortment of common open source
>>> | desktop applications, could potentially facilitate the emergence of
>>> | a homebrew PS3 development community and bring a lot of extra value
>>> | to Sony's next-gen console.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://playstation3-homebrew.blogspot.com/2006/11/yellow-dog-linux-50-on-playstation-3.html
>>
>> Who in the world would buy a PS3 JUST for Linux? I mean, Linux is great
>> and all, don't get me wrong, but don't most people use Linux to get away
>> from things like high cost?
>
> Many. Not all. Maybe not even a majority.
>
>> I mean, there are plenty of systems out there that come with Linux,
>> and are half the price of the PS3, not to mention are able to run
>> more distros.
>
> How many of them double as both a computer and a games console? How
> many can not only do both functions, but on the PC side of things can
> run linux?
>
> By my count, we have a total of one. The Yechs-Botch can do both. But
> it's not designed for it. And it does one or both poorly. Plus it's had
> no end to hardware problems.
>
> I'm not going to bother with the PS3. At least not for awhile, and
> probably never. But I can see why people may want something small,
> something that saves space by doing two things well instead of just
> one, something that saves cost by handling two things that would cost
> more in order to have them as separate machines.
Except you're missing something: Most people that buy the PS3 aren't going
to be geeks, programmers, or other various tech-knowledgeable people.
They'll be a majority of casual gamers, and generally, most of them will
probably have trouble using some advanced parts of Windows, let alone
Linux. I highly doubt Sony expects over 1% of the people who buy a PS3 to
actually run Linux on it. It seems more like Sony is trying to get the PS3
to look more like a computer, and less like a game console, for some
reason.
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