Linux petitioners voice out: “Open RSX to Linux!”

Everyone knows that the CELL BE-powered PlayStation 3 can run a couple of Linux distros already, but it comes at a severe hindrance: the Hypervisor chip. This little culprit ensures that the Linux distros will never be able to access the RSX GPU core by NVIDIA, and it’s made many Penguin-heads mad. Oh yes, us too.

Because of the huge hardware dead-end, Linux graphics capabilities are dead-awful even at the bearable performance points. Ubuntu, Yellow Dog, Fedora Cores (5 and 6) and Gentoo have all been unable to run Linux gamers’ favorite games on Linux, which also includes WinE games and open-source titles.

So it comes to no suprise that Linux users have set up an online petition asking Sony to open up access to the RSX GPU core, or else. Will Sony even care? That depends. After a huge financial fallout from the PlayStation 3’s lackluster beginnings, the giant may not be opening a window for open-source programmers to creating 3D games for the PlayStation 3 – unless they pay for the licenses.

Many geeks, however, disagreed that open-source games could undermine the “mountains of wonga” that the electronics giant can earn from the next-gen console – at least not yet. One Linux geek said, “Do they think people will code Gears of War 2 at home?” All they want to do is turn the PlayStation 3 to an experimental living room Linux PC…and play Pong.

So in an effort to fuel this petition and to sound the rally cry for the PlayStation 3 geeks out there, we’re posting this up for the world to hear and for Sony to see. Whether they listen or not is really up to them. Hop on over to the petition site over via the “Read” link below.

Everyone knows that the CELL BE-powered PlayStation 3 can run a couple of Linux distros already, but it comes at a severe hindrance: the Hypervisor chip. This little culprit ensures that the Linux distros will never be able to access the RSX GPU core by NVIDIA, and it’s made many Penguin-heads mad. Oh yes, us too.

Because of the huge hardware dead-end, Linux graphics capabilities are dead-awful even at the bearable performance points. Ubuntu, Yellow Dog, Fedora Cores (5 and 6) and Gentoo have all been unable to run Linux gamers’ favorite games on Linux, which also includes WinE games and open-source titles.

So it comes to no suprise that Linux users have set up an online petition asking Sony to open up access to the RSX GPU core, or else. Will Sony even care? That depends. After a huge financial fallout from the PlayStation 3’s lackluster beginnings, the giant may not be opening a window for open-source programmers to creating 3D games for the PlayStation 3 – unless they pay for the licenses.

Many geeks, however, disagreed that open-source games could undermine the “mountains of wonga” that the electronics giant can earn from the next-gen console – at least not yet. One Linux geek said, “Do they think people will code Gears of War 2 at home?” All they want to do is turn the PlayStation 3 to an experimental living room Linux PC…and play Pong.

So in an effort to fuel this petition and to sound the rally cry for the PlayStation 3 geeks out there, we’re posting this up for the world to hear and for Sony to see. Whether they listen or not is really up to them. Hop on over to the petition site over via the “Read” link below.