Fixstars today announced the availability of "YDL on a Stick," a USB flash drive containing a bootable version of Yellow Dog Linux v6.2 for the Sony PS3. With "YDL on a Stick," installation has never been easier--simply plug-in the USB stick, install the bootloader, boot into YDL--and you're running Linux on your PS3.
"'YDL on a Stick' is a compact and portable alternative to a full installation," states Owen Stampflee, Fixstars Linux Product Manager. "Since everything runs from the USB drive, 'YDL on a Stick' is ideal for users who want to try out Linux without sacrificing space or having to back up or reformat their PS3."
"YDL on a Stick" comes with a customized version of YDL v6.2 on a 16GB OCZ Diesel Flash drive. Chosen for being high quality and durable, the Diesel flash drive has achieved 31.18 MB read performance and 30.78 MB write performance in recent DiskBench performance benchmarks*.
"YDL on a Stick" offers the full functionality of the version 6.2 release, including:
- An updated kernel v2.6.29 for 64-bit systems
- OpenOffice 3.0
- Firefox 3.0.6
- IBM Cell SDK v3.1.0.1
- The next generation of ps3vram, and Xfce 4, a fast and lightweight desktop environment.
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