A good many people are under the false assumption that no one uses the OtherOS feature.  I am curious who all uses it and what they do with it.

I personally HATE the PS3s Media Server utility (its terrible), so I use the OtherOS feature for this.  Im running YDL v.6.1 (much faster for what I do than Ubuntu was and I will update to v.6.2 once it has some of its bugs fixed).  I have a nice little Samba Server  setup in a pretty gutted Gnome environment, running (usually) Mplayer.  I both stream over the network from my W7 machine or just copy them directly over and play them.

I also have a few Emus running (NES/SNES) etc, and use this to surf the net, which is a HELL OF A LOT better than the built in browser.

So what do you all use it for?

I will end up just buying a new PS3 slim.  The cost of getting something else setup as a media server is higher than another 299 system.  This does not mean I am very happy about this.

so you'd happily spend £250 on a new console than lose your OS? To your elbow I offer you more grease.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbRKA5OmtHQ

Damn a new console just to keep other OS? But i guess I only used it for emulators, so :-/

I think regardless if people use it or not. I think it should be left on for the old consoles. Slim and future consoles could lack the feature, if sony chooses.

We already decided that people like you are irrelevant and Sony has every rights to screw you over, as often as they like.

You make it sound as if Sony drew first blood Galaki...

Yes, one teen did it, but this forum (the users on the forum) is acting like sony has every right to screw you out of a feature that isn't "relevant" to them. I wonder how those same people would act if Blu-ray was taken out, or a feature they used.

I can see what you mean but it's not as if Sony did it for the lulz, it's obvious why it happened. I don't use OS but I do use folding and Home, if either one were shut down because of the same reason, I would understand it's for the greater good (albeit theirs).

you know, you could put together a HTPC for ~$300 (just built one myself) that has more HDD space, uses less energy, and is quiter along with other benefits like being more flexible and easy to repair (rather than a $150 charge if the PS3 breaks down). The only thing it wouldn't do is play Blu-rays.

Not saying I support Sony's decision, but I think you'd be better off building a HTPC.