In honor of I was so Bored... I offer you stupid sw mods

[twistedblister]

OK. first the inital offering of yellow dog was downloadable for free. now you have to pay for the new version. kind of bums me out that no one is hosting an ISO of it to download.

next i corrupted the Linux OS sawp file some how when i did a PS3 GAMe sysgtem software update. can not fix with my itteration of yellow dog so now i have to swtich bakc during the reboot and catch it at the boot option secction and type the line in to get back to the GAme sys OS.

That said its roubust and came with Oppen ofice bundled so i did not have to go out and download it myself. the package manager is nice and easily selectable by GUI's nice desktop overall. I dont honestly use it much. but a nice option if you know someone hedging about spending the cash for a PC or a PS3

link to the install desktop and login splash

http://picasaweb.google.com/ptatman/Ps3Ydog

[TwistedSystem]

Hmm im not very good with a lot of this technical stuff so I didn't really follow this, might go look up what some of the stuff is or you could explain what all this is .

[twistedblister]

Hmm im not very good with a lot of this technical stuff so I didn't really follow this, might go look up what some of the stuff is or you could explain what all this is .

visually it did not make a lot of sense i just wanted to show the older Yellow linux loading on my PS3 not the best shots i have ever taken. What sucks is the first release they let you downlaod but to upgrade you have to buy the new release. Some programers need to get out there and recompile it and re-release it as thiers for free.

[TwistedSystem]

yellow linux? whats that?

[fishki]

^This

Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 was one of the first Linux distributions to run on Sony's PlayStation 3 platform. It is designed specifically for HDTV so users with SDTV will have to use the commands 'installtext' and 'ydl480i' to be able to install and run.

Yellow Dog Linux includes well-known GNU/Linux components such as GCC, as well as other free/open-source technologies such as Apache, PostgreSQL, Python, Webmin, and XFree86. The distribution also includes user applications, such as the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, OpenOffice.org, Evolution, Rhythmbox, MPlayer, Pidgin, and GIMP.

Yellow Dog Linux is a derivative of Fedora and relies on the RPM package manager. Through successive versions of Yellow Dog Linux, Terra Soft Solutions has invested heavily in implementing support specifically for Apple and IBM hardware. As a result, Yellow Dog Linux supports accelerated graphics and audio hardware out of the box, although some other hardware components will not function properly without modifications to the kernel.

[TwistedSystem]

^This

Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 was one of the first Linux distributions to run on Sony's PlayStation 3 platform. It is designed specifically for HDTV so users with SDTV will have to use the commands 'installtext' and 'ydl480i' to be able to install and run.

Yellow Dog Linux includes well-known GNU/Linux components such as GCC, as well as other free/open-source technologies such as Apache, PostgreSQL, Python, Webmin, and XFree86. The distribution also includes user applications, such as the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, OpenOffice.org, Evolution, Rhythmbox, MPlayer, Pidgin, and GIMP.

Yellow Dog Linux is a derivative of Fedora and relies on the RPM package manager. Through successive versions of Yellow Dog Linux, Terra Soft Solutions has invested heavily in implementing support specifically for Apple and IBM hardware. As a result, Yellow Dog Linux supports accelerated graphics and audio hardware out of the box, although some other hardware components will not function properly without modifications to the kernel.

Oh ok, thanks for the info

[twistedblister]

Yeah Thanks Fish Excellent Explanation.

They are a samll company and i dont know enough about linux to recode a complier and kernal so i cant upgrade unless i pay. and man i dont need the support just the distro.

Yeah i almost had to text install which is like pulling teeth for me. but i yeah thats right if i had used the SD connection i was dunked. but i did get a ( my monitor does not have the HDMI in ) but DVI. so i got a HDMI to DVI and it ran fine in Graphical install.

supposedly you can install other distros beside yellow dog but Since you did have to get a special boot loader from either sony or the Yellow dog site and install that via USB before the PS3 would see the install disk I am hessitant to try and run another i am uncertain of and ruining my HD and my system so untill i fork ove the 49 somthing US i am running 1/4 my HD wiht Yellow dog 5 :_)

[stickcult]

Seems like YDL can run on quite a few things...

[twistedblister]

Seems like YDL can run on quite a few things...

Pretty much whatever your standard Linux / Debian / Gnu operating system can rum threre is probably a verison of it for the specific yellow dog platform. its not bad and the desktops nice.

[stickcult]

So I broke the cable for the 150 gig ps3 mod, ordered the wrong one, and now I have the right one on the way, but have yet to get shipping confirmation.

Anyway....when I do get the cable and have it up and running I'm gonna install YDL on it.
(I have to do another back up, ugh)

[TwistedSystem]

So I broke the cable for the 150 gig ps3 mod, ordered the wrong one, and now I have the right one on the way, but have yet to get shipping confirmation.

Anyway....when I do get the cable and have it up and running I'm gonna install YDL on it.
(I have to do another back up, ugh)

That really sucks. Im fine with my 80gig ps3 but with the 150gig mod could you install a program so that you can play ps2 games? Kind of stupid that 40gig ps3s aren't backwards compatible.

[stickcult]

With the cell processor, the thing is definitly capable of running ps2 games, only a matter of time before someone figures out how.

[twistedblister]

So I broke the cable for the 150 gig ps3 mod, ordered the wrong one, and now I have the right one on the way, but have yet to get shipping confirmation.

Anyway....when I do get the cable and have it up and running I'm gonna install YDL on it.
(I have to do another back up, ugh)

That really sucks. Im fine with my 80gig ps3 but with the 150gig mod could you install a program so that you can play ps2 games? Kind of stupid that 40gig ps3s aren't backwards compatible.

take caution with unlicsensed software mods. if they are not supported by sony you are in a greay area with getting help if somthing goes wrong.

[stickcult]

That's true...but my warranty's already voided (hardware warranty at least).

[TwistedSystem]

I wonder if there is a program that allows backwards compatability once downloaded. It might just be a sony only thing.

[stickcult]

The European firmware has an official emulator, can run about half of the ps2 games.

[TwistedSystem]

The European firmware has an official emulator, can run about half of the ps2 games.

Well im not sure if that will be compatible with north american games though.

[twistedblister]

I hate it when they region restrict cool things like that.

[TwistedSystem]

I hate it when they region restrict cool things like that.

It would have been much more easier to just make all the european, north american and japenese games and such all the same, not different and uncompatible.

[stickcult]

The European firmware has an official emulator, can run about half of the ps2 games.

Well im not sure if that will be compatible with north american games though.

Good point. PS3 games aren't region specific, but PS2 games are....
I hate that, seems like it wastes money. Then, if you move, "Sorry, you can't play your game collection over here." SUCKS

[TwistedSystem]

The European firmware has an official emulator, can run about half of the ps2 games.

Well im not sure if that will be compatible with north american games though.

Good point. PS3 games aren't region specific, but PS2 games are....
I hate that, seems like it wastes money. Then, if you move, "Sorry, you can't play your game collection over here." SUCKS

I don't even see how sony would make a profit by doing that, its just an inconvienence for people.

[stickcult]

exactly.

[twistedblister]

I dont know at all. Nindtedo is releasing virtual Japanese Local ony snes and nes games on the Wii and not even translating the language. ha. its not impossible

[TwistedSystem]

Ya I heard nintendo was working on virtual reality. I hope it turns out really really good.

[twistedblister]

not the same thing at all but the virtual boy was awful