PS3 Linux FAQ
Is it/Will it be possible to install Windows or Windows games using Wine or
Cedega and playing them on the PS3?
No and No. I'll explain...
Windows is mainly developed for x86 and x86-64 processors, the ones which are used in our PCs. The
x86 or x86-64 are known as instruction sets. Similarly, the PS3's processor is a PowerPC processor.
There is no way you will be able to install Windows on your PS3. No matter what anybody tells you,
it's currently not possible, and do not expect to see that anytime. Onto games and Wine, again, it's
simply not possible. Two reasons - Lack of graphics card drivers means that your games won't run, and
if they do, it will be a slideshow. Secondly, again, Wine and Cedega is incompatible with the PowerPC
architecture. Their code contains some assembly code which is specific to the x86 arch, and as such,
there's no builds for other arches.
After installation and rebooting the PS3, all I see is a command line with a kboot
prompt. How do I get a GUI interface?
Type in startx to load the X GUI interface. You will either see have Gnome or KDE.
I am confused about one thing. If PowerPC Linux works, would it be possible to
install OSX with OtherOS Installer?
Linux works because drivers for the PS3 have been made. AFAIK, OSX-PPC development is pretty
much dead. If you don't have drivers, you can't run the OS, simple as that.
I also would like to know if Fedora Core 5 is the only distro you can install. I like
Kubuntu a lot more.
Fedora Core 5 and Gentoo are confirmed working. Other distros should work fine though it will take a
little experimentation.
Also should it matter if the distro is for 32 bit ppc or 64 bit ppc like gentoo?
Unlike the x86/x86_64 arch, there isn't a distinction in the PPC arch. I'm not too familiar with it so I
won't go into much detail, but suffice to say that all PPC Linux distros will work. The source for the
stuff inside the Add-on CD has been released and it has already been possible to install Gentoo using
this method.
Is it possible to brick your PS3 by doing something through Linux? Such as
putting a Emulator or something on there?
No.
Also. I plan to transfer the Bootloader and installation files, transferring them to
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