Yellow Dog Linux on PS3

It is amazing that so many folk still don’t know that their very own PS3 is one of the worlds best super computers.  Usually folk don’t realize because they only use it to play games.  But with the power of the Linux Operating System your PS3 can be 3 times as powerful as your house computer.  Even with the installation process of linux being really easy, a number of PS3 owners are nervous to take the leap.  Here is some advantages of installing Linux on your PS3.  So how to install Linux on PS3?

The process is kind of simple.  After you have backed up all your saved files, you can go forward and format your hard drive.  Go to ‘System Settings’ then ‘Format utility’.  You’ll be asked whether you want to format your hard drive.  Select ‘Yes’.  Now for the partition setting choose the ‘Custom’ setting.  This will enable you to allot ten gigabytes to another operating system.

Yellow Dog Linux was especially designed for your PS3 so this distribution should be the first one you need to look at when deciding on turning your PS3 into a home PC.  However , almost all of the Linux distributions, perhaps the most well liked ones like Yellow Dog Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Gentoo, will work fine with your PS3 console.  They can all offer home, office, and server applications, web browsers, email clients, and lots more.  In fact, the Yellow Dog Linux distribution comes with more than two thousand packages for you to enjoy.

Go on and insert your Yellow Dog ISO disk into your PS3.  If you haven’t downloaded it already, just search the web and burn it to disk using something similar to Daemon Tools.  On your PS3 menu, go to “System Settings” once again then there should be an option to “Install Other OS”.  Clearly this is the option we want!  The system will then scan for Operating System images, and will find the disk.  All you’ve got to do is follow instructions provided on the screen.  If you need further help visit Linux PS3
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