OK, maybe I missed the meeting, but I don't recall reading or being told that the Playstation 3's harddrive could a partitioned harddrive with multiple operating systems.

I remember hearing about Linux, but it looks like the PS3 might be open to other operating systems as well.

I realized this while playing around with the settings and stumbling on one that said "Install Other OS." Hopping on to the online manual, because frankly the printed one doesn't say shit about shit, I discovered that Sony has become quite opened minded about this sort of thing.

Install other system software on the hard disk. For information on types of compatible system software and obtaining the installer, visit Open Platform for PLAYSTATION 3. ... PLAYSTATION 3 allows any desired third-party system software to be installed on it besides its system software provided by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Details will be posted on this site soon.

The manual also says that you may need a USB adaptor to use certain storage media, which makes me wonder if they are talking about an external hard drive. OK, so what kind of fun things could you do with this? Brian Crecente

Open Platform [Sony]

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