Sony will remove the ability to install other operating systems, such as Linux, on the PlayStation 3 in an update on 1 April. The widely unused feature was most recently exploited by computer hacker ...

Less than a year after the release of the PS3 Slim, Sony says that a firmware update for older models of the PlayStation 3 will kill its Other OS option. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. At least one PlayStation 3 owner has found the silver lining in Sony's decision to axe the option to install other operating systems like Linux to the ...

When Sony nerfed Linux support for the PS3 in early April, we knew it was only a matter of time before someone pulled a pack of lawyers out of their pocket. Sure enough, a complaint (PDF courtesy IGN) ...

Yellow Dog is the oldest distribution exclusively for PowerPC-type systems. Originally this would have meant things like Apple Macs - but since Macs now run Intel processors, the people running Yellow ...

Come this April 1st — no, it’s not an April Fool’s prank — Sony will release firmware update 3.21 for the PlayStation 3, whose basic purpose is to the disable the “Install Other OS” (essentially Linux ...

Here’s the petition to open up the PSX’s RSX under Linux. This is why you should sign it: You see, when Sony announced that it was going to allow people to ...

I just posted this in the gaming forum, but here may be a better place for it so I'm just copy/pasting...<BR><BR>So what is the state of Linux on PS3?<BR><BR>I don't have a PS3 yet and well will get ...