Why would the average reader want to do it though, beyond the "because I can" factor? Well, look at it this way - one of the major complaints given by people is that whilst Linux is fine, they can't play any of their games - a PS3 can run Linux or PS3 games! There are complaints that consoles are expensive - with Linux on there, a PS3 becomes both a console and a desktop PC! In fact, for £300, you get an extremely powerful device capable of not only playing games, but watching Blu-Ray or DVD movies, watching media shared off a network, playing PS3 games and Free cross-platform Linux games, and more! As a result, a number of Linux distributions have been working on making the PLAYSTATION 3 a first-class system, as easy to use and install as a "regular" PC-based version.
And, more recently, the PLAYSTATION 3 has come supplied with everything you need, out of the box - such as an integrated hard disk, and the ability to run a monitor as a sensible resolution.
#How to install linux on a ps3 ps2#
Since 2002, they have made and sold a "Linux Kit" for their PlayStation 2 console, which enables you to run the OS on the (admittedly rather feeble) PS2 hardware. One example would be copy-protection-happy homebrew-hating Sony. It's not often that an actual company encourages this kind of thing, but on rare occasions, it happens. It doesn't do much other than run Doom slowly, but it's pretty cool that it exists at all. I even have a CD lying around somewhere with a bootable Debian GNU/Linux for Sega Dreamcast. Pretty much everything these days from ADSL routers to Apple iPods is capable of running Linux. For decades, the geeks of the world have looked at common conventional items of consumer electronics, and wondered "could I do something else with this?" As Free operating systems such as GNU/Linux or NetBSD (which is famously quoted as running on anything, up to and including a toaster) increased in popularity, so did the number of people hacking away at getting their favourite OS running on strange devices for no reason other than the technical challenge. Sometimes, doing what you're told or permitted to do isn't enough.
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