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[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
" 
" On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 03:51:39PM -0400, Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > " From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
" > " 
" > " []
" > " 
" > " 
" > " Besides, at this point if one wants to play games on their computer,
" > " they should probably just get a PS3 and install linux, right? ;)
" > 
" > doesn't the ps3 [and wii and xbox] already run linux 'under the hood'?
" > and on ppc too?
" 
" Do you mean the xbox or the xbox 360?

the 360, as i heard it.

" Sure, all are capable of it.  I doubt that they come from the factory
" with linux installed.  Especially not the xboxs.  

i'll admit this is secondhand, but that is exactly what i -did- hear.
they all have ppc cpus [up to 5] and they all run linux under the hood.

" The PS3 could possibly run linux by default.  Sony claims not, but that
" could be cluesless press people meaning that it isn't user accessible
" (at one time there had been talk of them installing YDL on all PS3s by
" default).  They do keep a hypervisor running when you setup linux, to
" prevent linux from using all of the hardware.  I suspect they are afraid
" that someone could otherwise use linux to copy BluRay discs or games.

i read a news item not too long ago, about how sony had given
umass-dartmouth a dozen ps3s, and the astrophysics dept had them
running linux in a cluster doing supercomputer work.  that of course
says nothing as to whether sony runs linux on them.

i also just read that one of sony's new lcd dtvs runs linux inside.
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