IBM Tutorial on Installing Linux on the Sony PS3

Jan 27 2007, 1:20am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

IBM has a wealth of great programming tutorials under there developerWorks program. Recently they published a tutorial on how to install Linux on the Sony PS3.

We already reported about how to install the Yellow Dog Linux distribution on the PS3 last year, but the fact that IBM tells you how to do it is interesting. IBM's Tutorial also tells about how to get started developing for the Cell BE processor on the PS3.

Quote:
"The Sony PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) is the easiest and cheapest way for programmers to get their hands on the new Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) processor and take it for a drive. Discover what the fuss is all about, how to install Linux on the PS3, and how to get started developing for the Cell BE processor on the PS3. "
Find the full tutorial on the developerWorks section on the IBM site. Via InternetNews.
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