[News] Nintendo Has Free Open Source Operating System, iPhone Unlock Might Go Open Source

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iPhone Dev Team to Open Source Free Unlock Software

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| In an effort to keep up with Apple's changes at a faster speed, the iPhone
| Dev Team is considering open sourcing AnySIM, the free unlocking solution for
| the iPhone.
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[url]http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/exclusive/iphone-dev-team-to-open-source-free-unlock-software-328846.php[/url]


Related and very recent (and exciting!):

Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found Â*

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| A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number of
| hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this along
| with a relevant Xorg driver. Â*
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[url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
[color=blue]
> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>
> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number
> | of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for
> | this along with a relevant Xorg driver.
> `----
>
> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]

Fantastic. Now would be a good time for Sony to step up and opensource what
they've been trying to hide. Also, this proves beyond a shadow of a doubt
that DRM and PROPRIETARY have no logical meaning once you release it for
public consumption.



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<posted & mailed>

____/ Jerry McBride on Sunday 02 December 2007 18:46 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>>
>> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number
>> | of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for
>> | this along with a relevant Xorg driver.
>> `----
>>
>> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]
>
> Fantastic. Now would be a good time for Sony to step up and opensource what
> they've been trying to hide. Also, this proves beyond a shadow of a doubt
> that DRM and PROPRIETARY have no logical meaning once you release it for
> public consumption.[/color]

A colleague of mine knows the PS2 fairly well and he told me that the PS2 is
based on UNIX/Linux, which I found odd (still finding it hard to believe).

Either way, the great demand for Linux in China and Japan (they use it a lot
but quietly in devices) has recently led to Chinese and Japanese translations
of the entire Linux kernel!!

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"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
news:1237852.Ky2h1BCnWe@schestowitz.com...
[color=blue]
> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>
> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number[/color]
of[color=blue]
> | hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this[/color]
along[color=blue]
> | with a relevant Xorg driver.
> `----
>
> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]

Don't you mean Sony? Either way, I wonder how long it will last, I would
say until the next patch, after they release the module. So unless you
don't buy games or hook up to Sony network. I guess you can use the Linux
with the GPU.
Sony is great for patchs, first breaks a game, next patch first that game,
but breaks another game. Slow ass downloads and then it has to install the
patch or demo....

Roy Schestowitz wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>
> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number of
> | hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this along
> | with a relevant Xorg driver.
> `----
>
> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]

I had been considering buying a PS3 as my next PC for a while now, but
the lack of GPU access was all that stopped me. This settles it: once
they have this working well enough, I am buying one. You _can't_ get a
desktop with specs as good as a PS3's, especially for the price. The
processor in one of those things is just ridiculous! I can't remember
how much memory they have, though.

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
[color=blue]
> <posted & mailed>
>
> ____/ Jerry McBride on Sunday 02 December 2007 18:46 : \____
>[color=green]
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>>>
>>> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A
>>> | number of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel
>>> | module for this along with a relevant Xorg driver.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]
>>
>> Fantastic. Now would be a good time for Sony to step up and opensource
>> what they've been trying to hide. Also, this proves beyond a shadow of a
>> doubt that DRM and PROPRIETARY have no logical meaning once you release
>> it for public consumption.[/color]
>
> A colleague of mine knows the PS2 fairly well and he told me that the PS2
> is based on UNIX/Linux, which I found odd (still finding it hard to
> believe).
>
> Either way, the great demand for Linux in China and Japan (they use it a
> lot but quietly in devices) has recently led to Chinese and Japanese
> translations of the entire Linux kernel!!
>[/color]

Hmmm... if the PS2 is based on linux... where's the source code? This could
be something interesting.


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<posted & mailed>

____/ Jerry McBride on Monday 03 December 2007 00:30 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>[color=green]
>> <posted & mailed>
>>
>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Sunday 02 December 2007 18:46 : \____
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>>>>
>>>> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A
>>>> | number of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel
>>>> | module for this along with a relevant Xorg driver.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url]
>>>
>>> Fantastic. Now would be a good time for Sony to step up and opensource
>>> what they've been trying to hide. Also, this proves beyond a shadow of a
>>> doubt that DRM and PROPRIETARY have no logical meaning once you release
>>> it for public consumption.[/color]
>>
>> A colleague of mine knows the PS2 fairly well and he told me that the PS2
>> is based on UNIX/Linux, which I found odd (still finding it hard to
>> believe).
>>
>> Either way, the great demand for Linux in China and Japan (they use it a
>> lot but quietly in devices) has recently led to Chinese and Japanese
>> translations of the entire Linux kernel!!
>>[/color]
>
> Hmmm... if the PS2 is based on linux... where's the source code? This could
> be something interesting.[/color]

That's just what /I/ thought. Also, wouldn't that suggest that the next
iteration (PS3) inherits these POSIX roots? Anyway, I doubt the whole thing is
true. It'll be intresting to see over the next 5 years how many PS3 owners
will experiment with PS3 Linuxes, which will sooner or later have full access
to the graphics engine (out of the box), making it a full-blown Cell-based
personal computer (or rendering farm, or whatever).

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____/ Ben Miller-Jacobson on Monday 03 December 2007 00:22 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>>
>> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number of
>> | hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this
>> | along with a relevant Xorg driver.
>> `----
>>
>> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]
>
> I had been considering buying a PS3 as my next PC for a while now, but
> the lack of GPU access was all that stopped me. This settles it: once
> they have this working well enough, I am buying one. You _can't_ get a
> desktop with specs as good as a PS3's, especially for the price. The
> processor in one of those things is just ridiculous! I can't remember
> how much memory they have, though.[/color]

You forget the Blu-ray drive! :-) How much is /that/ worth?

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:[color=blue]
> ____/ Ben Miller-Jacobson on Monday 03 December 2007 00:22 : \____
>[color=green]
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Related and very recent (and exciting!):
>>>
>>> Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number of
>>> | hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this
>>> | along with a relevant Xorg driver.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=23190[/url][/color]
>> I had been considering buying a PS3 as my next PC for a while now, but
>> the lack of GPU access was all that stopped me. This settles it: once
>> they have this working well enough, I am buying one. You _can't_ get a
>> desktop with specs as good as a PS3's, especially for the price. The
>> processor in one of those things is just ridiculous! I can't remember
>> how much memory they have, though.[/color]
>
> You forget the Blu-ray drive! :-) How much is /that/ worth?
>[/color]
Good point. Do you know if the drive also can burn any sort of media? If
not (which seams very likely) I will need to find a good external drive
or figure out how to let it burn disks using my desktop over my LAN or
something.

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> A colleague of mine knows the PS2 fairly well and he told me that the PS2 is
> based on UNIX/Linux, which I found odd (still finding it hard to believe).
>
> Either way, the great demand for Linux in China and Japan (they use it a lot
> but quietly in devices) has recently led to Chinese and Japanese translations
> of the entire Linux kernel!![/color]

Actually, we use it in devices in Europe and North America more than
many people realize, and that is only accelerating. I currently
have more requests for embedded consulting jobs than I have time to
respond to. While wages are stagnant in many sectors, they are on
the way up in this particular niche. My recent contract on the
east coast is a result of that. One of the head hunters I work with
kept pitching me jobs from all over the country. I kept telling
him I was only interested in telecommuting or working closer to
home. Then he quoted me the rate this recent one was willing to pay
and I answered with 'I can be on a plane next week.'

Linux is REALLY cooking in the embedded space. A lot of new
products are in the pipeline, and that is having a positive
spill-over in the desktop space as those vendors expand their
pool of Linux programmers and support people.

Later,

Thad

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> That's just what /I/ thought. Also, wouldn't that suggest that the next
> iteration (PS3) inherits these POSIX roots? Anyway, I doubt the whole thing is
> true. It'll be intresting to see over the next 5 years how many PS3 owners
> will experiment with PS3 Linuxes, which will sooner or later have full access
> to the graphics engine (out of the box), making it a full-blown Cell-based
> personal computer (or rendering farm, or whatever).[/color]

If the rumors about the 3D breakthrough are true, I might be one of
those people playing with PS3 Linux. :)

Thad

[email]thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com[/email] wrote:
[color=blue]
> One of the head hunters I work with
> kept pitching me jobs from all over the country. I kept telling
> him I was only interested in telecommuting or working closer to
> home. Then he quoted me the rate this recent one was willing to pay
> and I answered with 'I can be on a plane next week.'[/color]

I bet it's not enough to entice Linonut to leave his Windows developer job.

____/ [email]thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com[/email] on Monday 03 December 2007 03:25 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> That's just what /I/ thought. Also, wouldn't that suggest that the next
>> iteration (PS3) inherits these POSIX roots? Anyway, I doubt the whole thing
>> is true. It'll be intresting to see over the next 5 years how many PS3
>> owners will experiment with PS3 Linuxes, which will sooner or later have
>> full access to the graphics engine (out of the box), making it a full-blown
>> Cell-based personal computer (or rendering farm, or whatever).[/color]
>
> If the rumors about the 3D breakthrough are true, I might be one of
> those people playing with PS3 Linux. :)
>
> Thad[/color]

QuakeWars (ET) has just come to Linux (native even) and it's significantly
faster on Linux than it is on Vista (even without a Cell beast). There are
some other state-of-the-art games coming to Linux.

To say more about Blu-Ray, dumping copies of them onto the Linux partition has
been possible since the start, but they could not be decrypted at the time. I
think BR DRM was cracked a couple of months ago, so...

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So anyway, it was like, 14:33 CET Dec 03 2007, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
Linonut was all like, "Dude,
[color=blue]
> My God, DFS, there's no need for you to /pretend/ to be an idiot.[/color]

What I'm wondering is if he can ever pretend to be something but.

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> QuakeWars (ET) has just come to Linux (native even) and it's significantly
> faster on Linux than it is on Vista (even without a Cell beast). There are
> some other state-of-the-art games coming to Linux.[/color]

Well I'm still quietly working on my airship game in my meager
spare time. I was going to shelve it, but the GF has actually
been encouraging me to keep the project alive. As soon as I
get the network code stable, I'm going to do another release.
I'll probably post a notice here as I'll want a few people
to stress test the game server. I've a colo server on a 10MB
backbone connection that is practically dormant at the moment,
so I might as well put it to good use. :)

Thad

DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> [email]thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com[/email] wrote:
>[color=green]
>> One of the head hunters I work with
>> kept pitching me jobs from all over the country. I kept telling
>> him I was only interested in telecommuting or working closer to
>> home. Then he quoted me the rate this recent one was willing to pay
>> and I answered with 'I can be on a plane next week.'[/color]
>
> I bet it's not enough to entice Linonut to leave his Windows developer job.[/color]

Well, only Linonut can answer that, though my contract details are
usually under NDA, and I wouldn't post that sort of thing here
anyway. I'll just say that when this contract is done in a few
months, I am seriously considering taking the rest of 2008 off. :)

OK, I am exaggerating a bit... but not much.

Thad

Linonut <linonut@bollsouth.nut> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> By the way, what part of "Linonut is working on a Linux project" do you
> /not/ understand? I spent a lot of this weekend working on bash
> scripts to build and deploy our code.[/color]

My weekend was spent helping a client back in Milwaukee with a mail
server migration. The on-site technician did the basic Debian
install, and then I logged in remotely and configured all the
software. It is nice piling up the billable hours, but eventually
I think I'll want my weekends back. :-/

Thad

[email]thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com[/email] wrote:
[color=blue]
> I'll just say that when this contract is done in a few
> months, I am seriously considering taking the rest of 2008 off. :)
>
> OK, I am exaggerating a bit... but not much.[/color]

Only 2008?

DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> [email]thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com[/email] wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I'll just say that when this contract is done in a few
>> months, I am seriously considering taking the rest of 2008 off. :)
>>
>> OK, I am exaggerating a bit... but not much.[/color]
>
> Only 2008?[/color]

Early retirement is still a few years off. I'm positioning myself
so I can live off of rental income and work only when I want to,
but to get there I'll have to do the consulting slog for a few
more years. I already pull in a living wage's worth of rental
income but right now a good chunk of it is absorbed by mortgage
payments. As the loans pay off, early retirement becomes a real
option. I will take part of 2008 off but only so I can renovate
the new property.

Later,

Thad