Bound to happen: WinXP on Linux/QEMU-ified PS3
We remember back in the heyday when yom stated in our comments section that the PS3 was just a “4,000 dollar computer for 600 dollars.” Now whatever your qualms might be, let’s not get into the whole financial hoopla about it. What matters is that the PS3 is a computer. The simple fact that Linux can be booted on it is enough for people to know of what its shell can support.
So have you installed your Linux OS yet? We’ve had a fair share of our The Penguin’s coverage for the past few days, now it’s time to explore into the next frontier. Knowing that the PS3 can handle Linux, then whatever Linux can do, most likely the PS3 can support as well. It doesn’t take a brainy Dr. Kawashima to put two and two together and say, “Hey! Why not boot Windows XP on my PS3?”
This was bound to happen. Great feat, huh? It uses QEMU (that’s an open-source virtual machine application) to boot WinXP. Unfortunately, the downside to the video is that it doesn’t show, say, or indicate any specific instructions of how to do it. We can’t read the text on the screen, and we don’t know what’s going on and what the user is typing. If you guys have any assumptions, suggestions, and/or objections, feel free to comment below!
And oh, from Pranav: “[WinXP on PS3] will be very slow, so it won’t be THAT usable…”
We remember back in the heyday when yom stated in our comments section that the PS3 was just a “4,000 dollar computer for 600 dollars.” Now whatever your qualms might be, let’s not get into the whole financial hoopla about it. What matters is that the PS3 is a computer. The simple fact that Linux can be booted on it is enough for people to know of what its shell can support.
So have you installed your Linux OS yet? We’ve had a fair share of our The Penguin’s coverage for the past few days, now it’s time to explore into the next frontier. Knowing that the PS3 can handle Linux, then whatever Linux can do, most likely the PS3 can support as well. It doesn’t take a brainy Dr. Kawashima to put two and two together and say, “Hey! Why not boot Windows XP on my PS3?”
This was bound to happen. Great feat, huh? It uses QEMU (that’s an open-source virtual machine application) to boot WinXP. Unfortunately, the downside to the video is that it doesn’t show, say, or indicate any specific instructions of how to do it. We can’t read the text on the screen, and we don’t know what’s going on and what the user is typing. If you guys have any assumptions, suggestions, and/or objections, feel free to comment below!
And oh, from Pranav: “[WinXP on PS3] will be very slow, so it won’t be THAT usable…”
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