oeboeroe wrote:ppietro wrote:1. Requires PS3 FAT, due to OtherOS portion
2. This code has only been tested with Firmware 2.4.2.
This is nothing new, certain firmwares let you use the RGX it was patched out. did he confirm het was using 3.15 on a phat..
No - he was using 2.4.2. There's no guarantee this will work with 3.15, although he thinks it probably should.
Since he's using OtherOS, it's definitely a Phat, so there's no guarantee this will work on a slim either.
Clever hack, to be sure - I took a look at it - but it still doesn't get around the "Hardware Root Of Secrecy" that is running on an isolated SPE. Geohot can't "break" this, since it's in hardware on the Cell itself - he can only kick the SPE out, thus losing the root key, if I understand the architecture correctly.
You should definitely read this:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power ... lsecurity/to see what challenges lie ahead.
beryl _ps3_compiz wrote:Dam, thats it I'm not holding out for a hack on ps3 all i wanted it for was compiz fusion, now i'm just going to get a PC pay day tomorrow.
I think we've been trying to tell you that it wasn't possible on a PS3.
beryl _ps3_compiz wrote:I will download Linux from the web install configure and update. Just one question what linux disto do you think I should go for, It took me a week to config ydl 6.2 install was not a problem, I was new to it. I set up the repo's and installed and config the software works great now. Any ideas on a disto people
If you're used to YDL, you might like Fedora. Ubuntu is based on a slightly different version of Linux called Debian. It's not totally different, but it's not the same either. If you want the
exact YDL experience, you can try CentOS, since YDL is based on it. However - if you're starting from scratch, you'll probably find Fedora to be a better fit, since it's cutting edge and would support things like compiz & beryl.
Quick explanation. Red Hat Linux split into two versions - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) & Fedora. Fedora has the new code for the developers, RHEL has the stable code for businesses. Fedora is free. RHEL is not free, however, the source code is. A group of folks take the free source code, remove the copyrighted logos, and compile it as CentOS. RHEL tends to lag Fedora by about three versions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhel#Relat ... tributionsYDL is based on RHEL, via CentOS.
Cheers,
Paul