<posted & mailed>
____/ Jerry McBride on Monday 03 December 2007 00:30 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> <posted & mailed>
>>
>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Sunday 02 December 2007 18:46 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>>>>
>>>> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A
>>>> | number of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel
>>>> | module for this along with a relevant Xorg driver.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190
>>>
>>> Fantastic. Now would be a good time for Sony to step up and opensource
>>> what they've been trying to hide. Also, this proves beyond a shadow of a
>>> doubt that DRM and PROPRIETARY have no logical meaning once you release
>>> it for public consumption.
>>
>> A colleague of mine knows the PS2 fairly well and he told me that the PS2
>> is based on UNIX/Linux, which I found odd (still finding it hard to
>> believe).
>>
>> Either way, the great demand for Linux in China and Japan (they use it a
>> lot but quietly in devices) has recently led to Chinese and Japanese
>> translations of the entire Linux kernel!!
>>
>
> Hmmm... if the PS2 is based on linux... where's the source code? This could
> be something interesting.
That's just what /I/ thought. Also, wouldn't that suggest that the next
iteration (PS3) inherits these POSIX roots? Anyway, I doubt the whole thing is
true. It'll be intresting to see over the next 5 years how many PS3 owners
will experiment with PS3 Linuxes, which will sooner or later have full access
to the graphics engine (out of the box), making it a full-blown Cell-based
personal computer (or rendering farm, or whatever).
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