[SATLUG] Another greeting...

[Bamse]

Ubuntu update...

I managed to move all my mail and browser settings from XP to Ubuntu...
This was actually pretty simple sine I used Firefox and Thunderbird 
already and a simple file copy did it...
So yes, this was sent from Thunderbird from within Ubuntu... ;-)

This pretty much means that Ubuntu will be my main OS from now on...


Ernest De Leon wrote:
> That's a great link.  Although I don't develop, it would come in handy if I
> wanted to write something for my PS3.  You should get one seeing as how you
> wanted to tinker with Linux on the playstation platform.  Sony has made it
> really easy to do it this time around.  All of the nice custom tweaks,
> however, will be as before.  I've also been trying to find a source for the
> RAM modules that are in the PS3 and see if I can get some larger ones.  The
> XDR modules are not all that common.  I have seen some '1GB upgrade kits'
> but I haven't seen any feedback on them, nor have I seen them in use.  I
> would gladly get one if I knew it would work properly.  Sony has done a good
> job keeping a secret of certain things on the PS3, namely the 7th SPE
> unlocking and XDR upgrades.
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Bamse <mfredriksafstro at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I ended up selling the PS2 Linux kit for the same amount I paid for it...
>> However I did learn a lot of the PS2 internals which was quite
>> interesting.
>> The PS2 is basically a combination of a CPU, one DMA controller, Two
>> math co-processors and a Graphic chip if you are looking at doing
>> graphics.
>> Sound and IO is controlled by the CPU but the rest of the chips can
>> operate independently with some cleaver programming.
>> Both sound and IO was locked down by the kernel so you did not have
>> direct access.
>>
>> I'm in the IBM Tivoli division which is pretty much purely software.
>> However I think I've seen a "Cell Processor Development kit" from IBM
>> that is free for the public.
>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/
>> Don't know what it is though... ;-)
>>
>> /Bamse
>>
>> Ernest De Leon wrote:
>>     
>>> Welcome to the list.  How did your PS2 and Linux adventure go?  Sony was
>>> nice enough to install a multi-boot-loader on the PS3 and allow you to
>>> partition the HDD from within the system itself.  I am running Ubuntu on
>>>       
>> my
>>     
>>> PS3, but the performance is a little on the slow side.  Although you are
>>> allowed to use 6 of the 7 synergistic processing elements (SPEs), with
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> 7th locked down by the hypervisor, the 512 MB of RAM is divided equally
>>> between CPU and GPU.  In essence, you are running a 6 core machine with
>>>       
>> 256
>>     
>>> MB of RAM which isn't too fast.  I am planning on customizing DSL to go
>>>       
>> on
>>     
>>> the unit, that should run pretty darn fast.  I have also tried several
>>>       
>> times
>>     
>>> to unlock the hypervisor, but it seems to be locked at the hardware
>>>       
>> level.
>>     
>>> The only reason that I can think for this to be is that the 7th SPE is
>>> responsible for reading the security byte-code at the beginning of the
>>>       
>> game
>>     
>>> discs to verify their authenticity before allowing the game code to
>>>       
>> load.
>>     
>>> Perhaps you know someone who knows something about this at IBM? :)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Bamse <mfredriksafstro at satx.rr.com>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>       
>>>> Howdy,
>>>>
>>>> I think I should take the to introduce myself as well.
>>>> I'm Fredrik Safstrom, a 40 year old Software Engineer for IBM.
>>>> I was actually on this list about 4 years ago when I was playing around
>>>> with my PS2 Linux install.
>>>> By then I was using Fedora on another computer for compiling and
>>>> transfer files to the PS2.
>>>> So that was about the extent of my Linux knowledge...
>>>>
>>>> I recently installed Ubuntu as a dual boot on my XP computer and it
>>>> looks great.
>>>> Mostly just out of curiosity and to learn what it's all bout.
>>>> I'll keep exploring Ubuntu and let you guys know of my progress...
>>>>
>>>> /Bamse
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Bamse is my nickname and he is very well know cartoon and teddy
>>>> bear in Sweden...
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamse
>>>>
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