On 29 March 2010 19:38, azmodie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:azmodie@gmail.com">azmodie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On 29 March 2010 18:51, Hazel McKendrick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dreamisdead0@gmail.com" target="_blank">dreamisdead0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I remember at least one person here had Linux installed on a PS3, and this seemed pretty rage-worthy news:<br><a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/" target="_blank">http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/</a><br>
<br>The next Playstation 3 firmware update will prevent owners installing alternate operating systems, or accessing alternative OSs they've already installed.<br>If you choose not to update, you'll lose access to Playstation Network (including games you've bought through this and online features of games you've paid for) as well as the ability to play newer games which require updated firmware.<br>
<br>I'd be more than a little upset if I owned a PS3, particularly since Sony committed to continue support for the "feature" less than a year ago:<br> <a href="http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/cbe-oss-dev/2010-February/007202.html" target="_blank">http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/cbe-oss-dev/2010-February/007202.html</a><br>
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<br></font>-- Hazel</blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>I have linux installed on my ps3. </div><div><br></div><div>This rumor has been floating about for a while. <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">According to Geoffrey Levand, PS3-Linux maintainer at Sony, those rumors are untrue.</span></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.qj.net/qjnet/playstation-3/sony-phat-ps3s-will-not-lose-other-os-feature.html" target="_blank">http://www.qj.net/qjnet/playstation-3/sony-phat-ps3s-will-not-lose-other-os-feature.html</a> </div>
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<br></div><div>although that seems to be a new post. its also worth noting the date of the release is april the 1st. we will just have to wait and see. </div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>azmodie</div></font></div>
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Chat on IRC, #tlug on <a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">irc.lug.org.uk</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br>I saw that he denied the rumour about losing multi OS support previously and thought this was another rumour or April fools joke at first too, but then the details on the official blog seem to suggest otherwise. <br>
If it is just a joke it seems a fairly odd move from Sony, but I suppose we can hope for that.<br><br>-- Hazel<br><br>