You should also know that the GNOME desktop environment included in Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 is very old compared to the one found in Linux distributions such as Fedora 10 or Ubuntu 8.10, and if you are familiar with a new GNOME desktop, then you will definitely miss a lot of its features. Also, please read the following guide very, very carefully, as we don't want to damage your PS3 machine. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you back up immediately any saves of your games, hard drive movies, pictures, music or PlayStation Home data on a removable HDD device or USB stick! The bought games or downloaded demos can not be copied, but you will be able to re-download without the need to buy them again, as they are stored on your PlayStation Network account.Įditor's note: Please read the above warning very carefully before you proceed with the installation of Yellow Dog Linux. However, the PlayStation 3 settings will NOT be lost. WARNING: Be aware that if you continue, all the saved games, game data, bought games, downloaded demos, PlayStation Home settings/installation and any data (music, movies, pictures) saved on the hard drive of the PlayStation 3 will be permanently ERASED.

ps3vram: temporary file storage or SWAP using video RAM of Playstation 3.

Bluetooth support for PS3's SIXAXIS controller.

YDL.net GUI (private software repository).

2.3 (version 3.0 available for YDL.net users).

Also, take a look at the screenshots (at the end of the article) to see how it looks.

But, before you jump to the installation of this Linux-based OS, please read the warning information (in red) below and all editor's notes throughout the entire tutorial. We decided to create the following tutorial for people who want to install a Linux distribution on their PlayStation 3 gaming consoles. Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 (codename Pyxis) is an operating system for the PPC64 architecture and it is based on the CentOS Linux distribution, a RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) derivative. Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 operating system for SONY's PlayStation 3, Apple PowerPC G4/G5, IBM Power Systems and YDL PowerStation was officially released by Fixstars on November 19th, 2008.

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