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Topic: dsl on ps3, can it be done?

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Juanito

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Posted: April 16 2008,12:41

I guess dsl needs an ix86 compatible processor in order to run - is this the case, or could a ps3 install work?

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Posted: April 16 2008,13:28

DSL is x86 only. You could theoretically create a distro for the cell that has all the same applications and features as DSL, but I doubt you could could install the existing DSL on it.

I'm of the opinion that DSL is an odd thing to want on ps3. It's new hardware, fast, plenty capable of running a much more voluptuous system.

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Posted: April 16 2008,13:29

That's PPC? If so, you could use a PPC-based distro, NetBSD, etc.

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Posted: April 16 2008,14:06

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I'm of the opinion that DSL is an odd thing to want on ps3. It's new hardware, fast, plenty capable of running a much more voluptuous system

- except that the hd is not that big, but anyway...

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That's PPC? If so, you could use a PPC-based distro, NetBSD, etc.

- there are several distros with versions aimed specifically at the ps3 - yellow dog, ubuntu, debian.

I just thought it would be interesting to try dsl