Topic: Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for the PS3 launches! (Read 242 times)

epsilon72 · « **on:** November 28, 2006, 10:29:00 AM »

That's way overpriced

Looks like I'll have to acquire it by other means if possible...

kizmet · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2006, 11:58:00 AM »

lol how is free overpriced? do you want them to pay you to use it?

stebbo · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2006, 12:37:00 PM »

Gggrrrr, it wont let me sign up for some reason... Anyone know a coupon code?

slurrey · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2006, 01:01:00 PM »

Yeah I'm kinda stuck too, I need a damn coupon code

As for them charging money to get it early, I think that's WAY too much cash just to be able to play with YDL a month early. I'd pay 20 bucks for it tops.

tonloc79 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2006, 01:06:00 PM »

QUOTE(kizmet @ Nov 28 2006, 08:05 PM)

lol how is free overpriced? do you want them to pay you to use it?

"YDL v5.0 Download via YDL.net Enhanced account
6 months Install Support. Auto-renews. $69.95
YDL.net Basic to Enhanced Upgrade
If you already have a YDL.net Basic account. $39.95
YOUR YDL.NET COUPON CODE WILL BE ON THE FINAL INVOICE PAGE!"

This is from the official website. Nowhere do i see a free download?

xboxSlayer · « **Reply #5 on:** November 28, 2006, 03:16:00 PM »

Won't be free until after Dec 25th. For now you have to pay for it. Lame.

bonevichio · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2006, 08:52:00 PM »

isn't the whole idea of linux and open source software not to pay a fee in $ and just help in developing the community and lead to the free development of homebrew and free abstract idea programming?

ok, i'm broke

epsilon72 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 29, 2006, 08:46:00 PM »

w00t! someone finally uploaded it!

xymor · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2006, 05:50:00 AM »

The software is free and open so, technically, you're paying for the technical support.
In a week you'll be able to buy the DVD version with tech support, and in 2 weeks you'll be able to downloading for free, without tech support obviously.

Here's the torrent link, you can download, burn and install, completely legal:
http://thepiratebay....e_PLAYSTATION_3

GPL

spindley · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2006, 08:29:00 AM »

I installed YDL last night, the install process went extremely smooth (much better than crappy Fedora). Also, the graphical installer is 720p, so it looked nice on my TV

More good news is the install takes about 1 hour, which is half the time it takes to install Fedora.
Anyway, went I went to boot up the system, fsck returned an error when it went to start checking the filesystem. I'm guessing I messed something up when I was partitioning. I'm going to try re-partitioning and reinstalling tonight when I get home from work. But, if anyone else sees an error relating to "libdevmapper" when fsck tries to run, please let me know.

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spindley · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2006, 06:36:00 AM »

OK, so it must have been a partitioning error. I repartitioned and reinstalled, and everything works great. If anyone else has an HDTV, YDL looks *awesome* in 720p. I had used e17 (YDL default desktop) before, and they've made it even better. There's still a few things that didn't seem to be working properly, ie: booting to ps3 game os from the main menu returned an error, and the yellowdog 5.0 yum repositories don't seem to be working yet. Also, the package manager tells me I don't have a network connection, when I obviously do. Other than a few little things, it seems like they did a really good job of it.

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the0ry · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2006, 06:37:00 AM »

So, has anyone gotten this to run yet?

ShutTheFuckUpDonnie · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2006, 08:58:00 AM »

http://www.ps3forums...ight=Yellow Dog

slurrey · « **Reply #13 on:** December 06, 2006, 05:51:00 PM »

Video of YDL running snes9x. I'll be putting up a tutorial shortly

dvsone · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2006, 11:56:00 PM »

QUOTE(slurrey @ Dec 7 2006, 01:58 AM)

Video of YDL running snes9x. I'll be putting up a tutorial shortly

Kinda cool. Sucks that you have to run it from command line and that you can't use the PS3 controller to play the games.

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