Linux on my PS3

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Originally Posted by AM-MAN

the ps3 does not allow the Linux to use fully the graphic card

The PS3 places no restrictions on Linux as such, but there may be a lack of Linux drivers for the PS3 graphics card. This doesn't have anything to do with the PS3, it is a result of lack of Linux development.

Originally Posted by AM-MAN

thus it becomes much less effective than it could have been .and it is kind of slow .

Again, not quite accurate. The PS3 will never be a good general purpose Linux box simply because of it's tiny, tiny, tiny amount of memory. The PS3 has 256M of memory and that is not enough to run Linux with X properly. Since the PS3 can't be upgraded, that is forever going to make Linux too slow when using X. If you don't need a graphical user interface, the PS3 is an excellent Linux box however.

Given the nature of the work that most Linux boxes do, a graphical user interface is wholly superfluous.