Terrasoft promises that YDL 6.0 will deliver “enterprise quality for the home user” as it is based on “CentOS with select Fedora 7 components”. The operating system is a solid upgrade for Playstation users over version 5.0.2, which used the Linux kernel 2.6.22 rc4. Now in version 2.6.23, the software supports the Playstation 3, Apple PowerPC G4 and G5 as well as IBM’s System p series JS2x, 510, 520 and 540.

Included in the package are the desktops E17 and Gnome, with an option to run KDE; additionally, YDL 6.0 comes with Gnash, Ekiga VoIP, Pidgin IM/IRC, and the Fluendo (MP3) codec installer as well as the Cell SDK v3.0. Supported audio features include audio, 802.11b Airport auto-configuration (Extreme with manual configuration), Sony’s Sixaxis controller, as well as cellphone internet connections. Following the basic install, users can add the Firefox web browser, the Thunderbird email client, Open Office, gThumb and GIMP, RythmBox Music Player, games, multimedia applications, and “a suite of personal accessories,“ Terrasoft said.

YDL 6.0 can be installed on top of the PS3’s GameOS and therefore enables PS3 users to run both YDL and the game platform. The basic toolset to partition the PS3’s hard drive is already included with the PS3. A manual how to install YDL on the PS3 can be found here.

SOURCE.http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35938/140/

Firefox :)

Would Games= install PC games?

Sounds delicious :D Not sure if I'd use it or not (our PS3 is always in use xD) but cool none the less :D

Linux on the PS3 isn't really worth it at the moment. Until they free up the hypervisor and allow access to the RSX and its ram ps3 Linux will be far too slow. 256mb is not enough!!! Unless it gets stupidly optimised for the cell it'll remain fully in the territory of epic fail.

question. If you put linux on your ps3 does that mean it is no longer a ps3. i.e. does it still play ps3 games?

Yes, it does. It's actually officially supported by the game's menu as "free up space for an alternate OS". It still has XMB and you can switch between them.

"Would Games= install PC games?"

Not directly, no. You'd have to install Wine in an x86 emulator on the PS3 Linux installation. It would work, but it would be very, very slow.