[ydl-gen] yet another new PS3 Linux user :-)

[jmzorko at mac.com]

Hello, all ...

Running Linux (read: playing with the Cell SDK) is the biggest reason  
I bought a PS3 (though I admit, it is graphically impressive and I  
find myself sometimes playing the MotorStorm demo).  I'm a longtime  
Linux user (I started with MkLinux) and i'm looking forward to seeing  
what the PS3 will do -- plus, I want to see if I can get some C++  
code I wrote for Windows and Mac OSX running on it :-)

I've a likely silly question: The boot screen looks a bit different  
-- what do the 2 blue Yellow Dog images mean?  The SPU images are  
obvious, but is the Cells' main PPC core actually a dual-core, or the  
PPC version of HyperThreading, or something else?

Another silly question: I don't like RPM much, I prefer Debian's apt  
or Gentoo's emerge.  Will either of these work on the PS3 currently?

Regards,

John

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