Best linux distro for PS3??

[audiovoodoo]

Flash is not supported on Cell, the CPU in the PS3, hence no YouTube or Vimeo etc. One day this might change with HTML5 and the new video tag.
Torrents would work, should be included with Ubuntu or Yellow Dog
Music downloads, this depends. No iTunes that's for sure on anything.

As for Hulu I thought PS3 was now supporting NetFlix natively if that's any use to you.

 

[dubyajaysmith]

Re: A few problems (flash and resolutions)
by billb » 20 Dec 2009, 00:05

CoBrA2168 wrote:
But there are a few things I would like to improve. First, I can't get flash working. I'm tried by following a few tutorials on this forum (outdated?). It used something like YouTotem or something, and it never works. So I would like to get flash working, even if it has to be streamed through VLC or whateever.


I haven't tried that on YDL 6.2 yet, though I had it working on YDL 6.1. If it's not working I'd suggest posting in the tutorial topic so we'll have an idea what you're following, at least. When I have a chance I'll try it on YDL 6.2 as well.


Thats something I quickly found by googling. It happens to be from the best site for support on this subject I have found and probably ever will. Its "http://www.yellowdog-board.com/" with out quotes. Flash is not supported for the cell ppc as stated, BUT there is, certainly, ways around it. VLC is what i recommend for playing music\media\streaming - etc. Transmission / deluge / bittorrent are all good torrent clients that work. GL HF

 

[audiovoodoo]

I wonder if you can get GNASH (the open source Flash clone) to run, it might just work. That then raises the question of YouTube works with GNASH as I know they up the version requirement recently. Still being stuck on Vista for a while I can't confirm on that one.

 

[audiovoodoo]

Update 30th March 2010:

Reports are out that PS3 'FAT' consoles will loose Linux OS support with Firmware v3.21 that Sony will be pushing out shortly:

http://kotaku.com/5504123/ps3-loses-linux-support

Geohot (He did a lot of work on hacking the iPhone) has stated that he will be working hard on finding a way round this for everybody:

http://gizmodo.com/5505221/ps3s-running-linux-could-be-saved-if-hacker-geohot-finds-the-cure

So... either don't update the firmware or don't run Linux. If I see an hack posted I'll file it here for everyone.

 

[ImTheReaper]

geohot has found away around it
Here's more info from Geohot himself:

This can be installed without having to open up your PS3, just by restoring a custom generated PUP file, but only from 3.15 or previous. It's possible this CFW will also work on the slim to actually *enable* OtherOS; I'll know when my infectus gets here.

No release date yet, use the proxy hack to play online with 3.15

[flash=480,385]http://www.youtube.com/v/1-9wLWQ4-uA&hl=en_US&fs=1&[/flash]