[mdlug] Linux on the PS3 - anyone have experience with this?

[Joe Doehler]

At 10:24 AM 5/6/2009, Ray wrote:
 >I'd like to play with it, and I have a half-assed notion for a
>project - a Forth interpreter
>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language) ) running on
>the SPUs (the little vector coprocessors on the PS3's CPU).

Thanks for the tip. I am downloading Yellowdog for PS3 as I write this.

The PS3 has some formidable performance potential:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor)

I doubt that all that potential can be used with Yellowdog. Some web 
sites state that Sony locks out access to the SPU's when alternate 
OS's are installed, in fear that they could be used for cracking 
their games, but some people appear to have broken that barrier:
http://www.physorg.com/news92674403.html

Joe.