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On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:02:29 +0100 tom wrote: > On 04/09/10 13:20, Grant Sewell wrote: > > On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:10:33 +0100 > > Julian Hall wrote: > > > > > >> 'Dr Gaurav Khanna has no less than 16 Sony PlayStation 3 > >> consoles working together to create a super-computer which he says > >> rivals the power of more than 200 conventional PCs.' > >> > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11168150 > >> > >> Using Linux no less :) > >> > >> Julian > >> > > I'm not sure Sony would want to hear this... didn't their most > > recent "Over the air" firmware update stop the built-in ability to > > run Linux anything other than Sony's PlayStation OS on it? > > > > Grant. > > > > > I believe they did - and I hope anyone with a PS3 on this list is > asking for their money back for the machine and all the games > they've bought. I seem to remember that the ability to run Linux was > a selling point so to take it away... > Tom te tom te tom Even though I don't have one, I have always recommended the PS3 over the XBox360 purely for this reason. You buy the console and you can: a) play games b) play BluRay movies, etc c) have a fully functional computer - no need for another one (if you're only doing a little bit of emailing, browsing, writing letters, etc. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq