abstract alien
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Honest question for the people who used Linux on the ps3...
What did you do with it? How is it used?
What did you do with it? How is it used?
Super easy.K' Dash said:Correct me if I'm wrong, but, isn't the DS easier to pirate? piracy is not the main problem, bad marketing and poor choices made the system what it is today.
If you bought a PS3 primarily for Linux I don't know what the fuck to tell you man. :lolMassa said:Right, I just can't do the other stuff I also paid for.
The fanboy logic is incredible.
AgentWhiskersX said:oh no what have they done
Mako_Drug said:Imagine how compromised the trophy system, which way more people care about, would be if the system got hacked.
Tain said:lol at anybody defending this
Tain said:Not being able to play new games just because you want to keep a feature that was supposed to always be there is pretty bullshit.
someone needs to make a gif with his head exploding.Jigsaw said:fuck you geohot
No_Style said:Are there actually individuals who are upset over this?
just install linux on your computer if you hold the feature that dear. Works better too, the PS3 linux is a crippled turd.
wsippel said:I guess it's worth repeating, as some people obviously didn't get the memo yet: The PS3 security hole is a problem with the hardware itself. Removing Other OS changes absolutely nothing when it comes to piracy. The only thing Sony manages to do by removing that particular feature is to screw legit customers. There's no way to spin this.
Firefox, Pidgin & XChat!abstract alien said:Honest question for the people who used Linux on the ps3...
What did you do with it? How is it used?
Tellaerin said:Why this big outcry over losing Linux on the PS3? It's not even an option for Slim owners to begin with, and by all accounts, the PS3 isn't exactly the best Linux box in the world. So why is it that so many people are outraged? What do they feel Sony's depriving them of, exactly?
abstract alien said:Honest question for the people who used Linux on the ps3...
What did you do with it? How is it used?
WEGGLES said:Hey guys. The PS3 only does everything!
PS2 games... wait.
Other OSs... wait.
Memory Card reader... wait.
P. sure it'd be a good idea to stop saying "It only does everything" when you continuously take out features and add nothing.
wsippel said:I guess it's worth repeating, as some people obviously didn't get the memo yet: The PS3 security hole is a problem with the hardware itself. Removing Other OS changes absolutely nothing when it comes to piracy. The only thing Sony manages to do by removing that particular feature is to screw legit customers. There's no way to spin this.
Byakuya769 said:What the fuck Sony!?! Well whatever, I'll just be putting linux on my 360 from now on.
Tellaerin said:Some people can understand the necessity behind it. Others obviously can't. And considering how small a segment of PS3 owners seemed to have any interest in installing OtherOS, it strikes me as a little suspect how bent out of shape people are getting over this. Why this big outcry over losing Linux on the PS3? It's not even an option for Slim owners to begin with, and by all accounts, the PS3 isn't exactly the best Linux box in the world. So why is it that so many people are outraged? What do they feel Sony's depriving them of, exactly?
Man, that's a low blow. And to think I like you.Y2Kev said:found gomu gomu's alt
Segata Sanshiro said:I repeat: if the best of the hacking community had been trying, the PS3 would have been cracked.
Sorry, but I'm not so infatuated with Sony that I think their security is tighter than the Pentagon's.
bkfount said:It's a shitty move, even if only a dozen people used OtherOS.
I care about PS2 playback.CadetMahoney said:Yea. Well no one cares about those features so it still does everything
No, it's really not. It's obviously in Sony's best interest to remove the feature at this point, most likely at the behest of R&D.
Massa said:Right, I just can't do the other stuff I also paid for.
The fanboy logic is incredible.
Tain said:Yeah, I'm totally losing sleep over what's in Sony's best interest.
the hell
wsippel said:I guess it's worth repeating, as some people obviously didn't get the memo yet: The PS3 security hole is a problem with the hardware itself. Removing Other OS changes absolutely nothing when it comes to piracy. The only thing Sony manages to do by removing that particular feature is to screw legit customers. There's no way to spin this.
TheSeks said:.It's already compromised, depending on the game
Yay, useless dickwaving example to remove features that were originally in the hardware to begin with, BRILLIANT!
well, the alternative doesn't fuck me over.soldat7 said:So you're OK with the possible alternative? You're OK with the possibility of a security flaw that could lead to piracy on the PS3? Mkay...
Driver maintenance? Updates? What are you talking about?lupinko said:Sure there is, by removing OtherOS from fats, they don't have to spend time and money maintaining driver updates and whatnot for OtherOS support. That was the primary reason why it was removed from the Slim in the first place, to pass the savings over to the consumer. The geohotz fiasco just sped up the process for the axe to fall on OtherOS.
More info please.wsippel said:I guess it's worth repeating, as some people obviously didn't get the memo yet: The PS3 security hole is a problem with the hardware itself. Removing Other OS changes absolutely nothing when it comes to piracy. The only thing Sony manages to do by removing that particular feature is to screw legit customers. There's no way to spin this.