Hacker gets XBMC running on his PS3, And shows you how.

[Vidboy10]

Sony's disabling of Linux on the PS3 has made many people very angry, some more so than others, but for an enthusiast named madshaun1984 it was something of a call to arms. He didn't file a lawsuit or whine about it in forums -- oh no. He sat down to get XBMC working and has succeeded, albeit slowly. Right now the CellSDK that this build relies upon is not up to snuff performance-wise, so just scrolling through media is somewhat less than fun and you can forget about playing it. But, the hope is to improve that and to turn the PS3 into a proper media-streaming Linux box... so long as you don't update the firmware, anyway. Full instructions on how to do this are at the source link, but be prepared to spend the better part of an afternoon at it if you want to try yourself. For those not ready for that kind of commitment (or anyone who already has the latest firmware) you can just enjoy the video proof after the break.

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[fgghjjkll]

Sounds great. One step further to PS3 console homebrew!

 

[Bladexdsl]

aw shit what is sony gonna disable next now?!

 

[Joe88]

aw shit what is sony gonna disable next now?!

they already disabled linux which is needed to do this

 

[Bladexdsl]

so this is pretty much pointless he hasn't fixed anything cos if you update this still won't work

 

[Jiggah]

I'm confused. WTF is special about this? It's apparent he didn't update the firmware so he's simply using OtherOS with a Linux distro to compile or launch a pre-compiled PPC version of XBMC. Multiple comments on the Engadget link states the exact same thing.

 

[Heran Bago]

I'm confused. WTF is special about this? It's apparent he didn't update the firmware so he's simply using OtherOS with a Linux distro to compile or launch a pre-compiled PPC version of XBMC. Multiple comments on the Engadget link states the exact same thing.

Exactly. He's the first to get a PPC port of XBMC going on a PS3's linux.