I want to know any tips in which linux to instal. Also some tips on setting everything up. I have never used Linux before I want something easy to use.

The real question is:

Why would you want to do this?

The real question is:

Why not?

Oh i forgot i'm talking with an MS fan... sorry

My recommendation is to get a PC and install ubuntu on it, if you've never used Linux before and want to try.

The Anarchyz, how old are you?

My question is legit, if there is real benefits for Linux on the Sony console, I'll install it on my PS3 too.

The only reasons I can think of is to play some emulators on your TV, to love tinkering with Linux (which doesn't fit the OP), and simply to have no other computer... how likely is that.

I actually wanted to do it at some point, in order to have StepMania on it, but apparently not doable with the extent to which the RSX is locked out.

edit: On topic though, Yellow Dog Linux was the original choice, I think. But Ubuntu has a PS3 version as well and the community and popularity actually seems better. Remember to backup before you split the hdd.

I want to just try it out. I don't have another PC so thats out oif the question. And it would be nice to emulate old games I have but don't want to pull the system out. My PS2 cant hook up to my TV and my PS3 isn't BC, so if i could find a PS2 linux emulator, then I would use that since my computer cant handle it. I also just want to mess around and see if i can emulate windows on it.

sony made sure to block many of the cores in the cell processor so you get only i think 1/3 ofthe processor power, i think they made this so that you wouldnt use your ps3 as a gaming pc (of course not a high end pc), it would be so great to see a ms fan boys face me (playing gears and halo, not that i like those games) on my ps3, but be sure of something hackers are working on it when that happens ps3 is the ultimate console , both pc and ps3 games

I think you can use 6 out of 7 of them. I am not sure. I did read that somewhere. I could be wrong.

For one, PS2 emulators are generally a mess and don't have very good compatility.  Two, because there's no 3D acceleration with Linux on the PS3 (no drivers/access to the RSX) you would not be able to run a PS2 emulator anyways, even if a decent one existed.

I have Gentoo Linux installed on my PS3 (but I would not recommend Gentoo to a linux beginner) and it works okay I suppose...but there's so little ram/hard drive space, and with the GUI being sluggish at times I'm not really motivated to use it that often.  I believe SNES9x will run on the PS3's PowerPC architecture, but I'm not sure how it performs.  You'll have to search google for info on that.

I use linux most of the time on my PC,  and if you're looking to try out linux, I'd recommend just getting a LiveCD of a popular distribution like Ubuntu or something and trying it out on your PC, rather than trying it out on the PS3.

LiveCD's don't install anything or make any changes to the hard drive unless you want them to, so they're really good for getting a quick look at the OS.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Edit:  Also, 99% of linux apps won't use the SPE's anyway, they'll just use the 3.2Ghz main core.  No commercial PC games will run on the PS3/linux combo either - even linux native ones - because it does not have an x86 or x86_64 processor architecture.