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by sternn
Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:32 am
Forum: PS3 Linux Development
Topic: optimized ps3 software
Replies: 11
Views: 8849

J.F. wrote:That's good to hear... maybe I'll switch to Xubuntu. That's my favorite distro at the moment anyway. :)

I imagine the kernel still needs to be recompiled specifically for the PS3, much like with Fedora.
Yeah, Xubuntu only has a stock 2.6.25 kernel.
by sternn
Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:07 am
Forum: PS3 Development
Topic: ps3 swap partition
Replies: 1
Views: 3556

I'm curious how the PS3 would perform if it were fed an SSD drive. If you wanted to, you could use a cheap SD card for swap space. Just create a single swap partition for the whole card and tell Linux to use it for swap. Keep in mind this will likely kill the card in as little as a few months, depen...
by sternn
Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:55 am
Forum: PS3 Linux Development
Topic: optimized ps3 software
Replies: 11
Views: 8849

Ubuntu and derivatives haven't supported the PS3 since 7.04, although a community build of 7.10 was made. All newer Ubuntus don't work on the PS3... I've tried them. There was a push by some users to get 8.10 to support the PS3 again, but I haven't checked that version out yet. I've tested version ...