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Sony axes PS3 Other OS over “security concerns”

Posted by russb78 on · 2 comments
Linux User & Developer magazine; By Russell Barnes 		Mail this story
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Sony plan to drop the Install Other OS feature from the PlayStation 3 via a new Firmware update (3.21) due this Thursday. The ability to install Linux distro’s on the popular console is a key feature of interest from the Open Source community and the move has already caused uproar on the Official PlayStation blog which is filling with comments of outrage from its small, but vocal, Linux user base.

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Comments (2)

Grishnakh ·
I don't see the problem here. What exactly did these people expect from Sony, a company every bit as evil as Microsoft?

Don't play with fire and you won't get burned. If you want a media center computer, get it from someone else, or build your own with an ITX system.
gus3 ·
Well, for one, the PS3 was advertised as being capable of running other OS's. For them to remove this capability after purchase could be seen as false advertisement.

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