Yellow Dog Linux

I installed it mainly to watch tv and play emulators. Is there a lot more to it than that? originally I was going to build a windows PC to be a DVR and general media server but I already have a PS3 and found YDL so I am giving it a shot.

What does everyone here do with theirs?

I want to say I use mine for games mostly, but find myself getting games or emulators working, keeping them updated, and looking for more things to try than I actually play with them. As long as I'm enjoying it, right?

More recently, I've started to watch movies & TV episodes and dabble in Python + Pygame programming.

billb wrote:I want to say I use mine for games mostly, but find myself getting games or emulators working, keeping them updated, and looking for more things to try than I actually play with them. As long as I'm enjoying it, right?

More recently, I've started to watch movies & TV episodes and dabble in Python + Pygame programming.

what games do you play? you mean NES, SNES, etc?

also, how do you watch TV on it? what do you use? I'm a bit new at this but free TV is the best TV.

moveright wrote:what games do you play? you mean NES, SNES, etc?

As I said before, I really don't play them as much as I could ... just getting them up and running is usually what I do. Occasionally I'll stop and play for a bit, though. NES, SNES, Sega Master System, Genesis, Amiga, C-64, arcade games, older PC games on DOSBox, some Windows games, and so on ... and there are some native Linux games that run well -- early FPS games like Quake II + addons, Doom 1 & 2, Duke 3D, Descent II, Hexen II, Heretic, AlephOne and mods. I really don't have time to play them all, you know?

also, how do you watch TV on it? what do you use? I'm a bit new at this but free TV is the best TV.

I'm watching TV episodes or movies directly from files on my hard drive or shared on my local network. How they got there is an entirely different subject.

TV detail?

Hello
time for googling methinks, lately I've been watching the episodes of the first series of lost I missed
Type something like "download tv shows" in google, next thing you know it's 3am and you've got work in a couple of hours

I would have to second BillB. My intent is retro games (SNES, DOS, etc.) but I find myself fiddling with the emulators (and FluxBox) and enjoying it just as much.

I've also ended up doing some Eclipse based work when I have to work late at night to change my focal distance by using my big LCD TV rather than my workstation monitors. Plus there is a bonus that spilling my nightly shot of Irish has a lot less risk on a coach or easy chair rather than over an open paneled workstation!

I use YDL for fun. It was my first distro into linux and is still a favorite. Plus I brag about it to my friends.

If I am not on YDL I am on Warhawk or CoD4 "pwning" the "n00bz".

Hiya!

I basically use my YDL PS3 for surfing the web, checking my work e-mail via Remote Desktop, messing around with Java and as a reference for my answers here in the forums.

Currently, I'm researching QEMU and various alternate modes it can run under. (aka qemu-binfmt)

It's mostly a project box for me - I'm completely bored with x86 based Linuxes. Cell rules!

Cheers,
Paul

Wow...a ton of sh*t!

I use YDL on my PS3 ( in no particular order ) :

1) As a JAVA development envrioment along with Eclipse as the IDE. Thanks to ppietro's assistance here on the YDL message board in getting it properly configured with IBM's Java engine. Anyone taking college JAVA classes can use it for their assignments not to mention as a off-site development box.

2) Replacement for Microcraps virus-friendly stuff...I use the free / open source Open Office instead of Microcrap's virus-friendly Office for creating my spreadsheets, word processing, powerpoint, etc. for work.

3) Use the free / open source MySQL database engine instead of Microcrap's virus-friendly Access / SQLServer.

4) Have a web server and the free / open source PHP script language running to create / host dynamically created web pages.

5) Do my personal / gambling / consulting finances using freeware / open source financial software
( Microcrap's Money to quote Donald Trump was "Fired !" ).

6) With DOSBOX, can play the "classic" DOS games that Winblows no longer supports or can run.

Basically, anything I can find to replace Winblows programs with freeware and/or Open Source goes on my PS3 & YDL. About only software thing I've not found a replacement for is the tax reporting programs...bummerz. But "everything" else is running on my PS3 & YDL !

My Winblows PC is gradually losing its staus as the go-to computer, and my PS3 is becoming more the machine of choice to do computing on. And yes, this means I will not be getting Vista, Winblows 7 or whatever else Microcrap tries to cram down the public's throat so long as there is alternative freeware / open source to get and run on the PS3 with YDL !

Taellik

I like this topic -- stickied.

i use mine as a mini pc, typing up reports, working on spreadsheets typical pc stuff. Its pretty funny when someone comes over my house an they see me streaming vlc shoutcast tv and working on spreadsheets with pidjin on messaging and looking around for the pc tower and they eventually come to realization that everything is connected to the ps3 lmao. Always get the how factor lol. I often use linux when the gameos browser is to lmited and when i basically need to do pc work. And then for entertainment, we boot back. Love this damn thing best console per value i have ever gotten lol. If i could only vid chat with the eye in ydl instead of booting into gameos that would be killer with normal chat clients like skype or whatever native pc clients.

Taellik wrote:Wow...a ton of sh*t!

I use YDL on my PS3 ( in no particular order ) :

1) As a JAVA development envrioment along with Eclipse as the IDE. Thanks to ppietro's assistance here on the YDL message board in getting it properly configured with IBM's Java engine. Anyone taking college JAVA classes can use it for their assignments not to mention as a off-site development box.

2) Replacement for Microcraps virus-friendly stuff...I use the free / open source Open Office instead of Microcrap's virus-friendly Office for creating my spreadsheets, word processing, powerpoint, etc. for work.

3) Use the free / open source MySQL database engine instead of Microcrap's virus-friendly Access / SQLServer.

4) Have a web server and the free / open source PHP script language running to create / host dynamically created web pages.

5) Do my personal / gambling / consulting finances using freeware / open source financial software
( Microcrap's Money to quote Donald Trump was "Fired !" ).

6) With DOSBOX, can play the "classic" DOS games that Winblows no longer supports or can run.

Basically, anything I can find to replace Winblows programs with freeware and/or Open Source goes on my PS3 & YDL. About only software thing I've not found a replacement for is the tax reporting programs...bummerz. But "everything" else is running on my PS3 & YDL !

My Winblows PC is gradually losing its staus as the go-to computer, and my PS3 is becoming more the machine of choice to do computing on. And yes, this means I will not be getting Vista, Winblows 7 or whatever else Microcrap tries to cram down the public's throat so long as there is alternative freeware / open source to get and run on the PS3 with YDL !

Taellik

dude your not lying since i ahve had this in my room as my mini pc and game console, my damn other sony pc has been collecting dust lol. I even DL torrents onto a external HDD. lmao its gotten pretty funny how convience works lol.

I use my YDL'd PS3 pretty much the same way I used my PS2 Linux kit before it. Generalized computing stuff, Firefox beats GamOS's Netfront in usability any day, even without the flash support. I read my e-mail of course and do various text and image editing. Cat pictures! I've got a few games on it, via DOSBOX, Java, and the patched version of Nethack I play. And I also use it to learn more about Linux.

Rondelle (Ron) Rogers Jr.

Well i installed YDL 6.1 on my PS3 initially just out of curiosity and maybe for the "geeky" feeling!!
But my only laptop died on my 2 weeks ago. And while i am waiting for HP to ship my new one, YDL is a god send. I am doing all my internet browsing, etc on it. V. Happy.