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Mac OS X and Compiz on PS3: Part 1

Recreating “OS X Leopard” on PS3 using Ubuntu Linux and Compiz-Fusion.

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bxblaze95
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 AM

can you run linux XBMC on the PS3?

robertneville777
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Man, I couldn’t have said it any better dude! Well put!

Mequa32
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:33 AM

Wine only supports x86 architectures. Technically speaking it’s a compatibility layer, not an emulator. PS3 is PowerPC-based which is an incompatible architecture, so no Wine.

Now, it may be possible one day to combine Wine with the QEMU CPU emulation to run Windows games and apps on a PS3 with Linux (as was previously done with Darwine on the old PowerPC-based Macs), but I haven’t seen this done yet on the PS3…

johnathon124
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:54 AM

why not run MAME under ubuntu with WINE ?

MasterAMD09
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:13 PM

can you change resolution?

aro56
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:07 PM

i wanna do this, how did u get compiz on ur ps3?

YUGIOHKID3000
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:40 PM

fuck

xnonsuchx
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:12 PM

The PS3 Slim has NO capability to run another OS on it. Since Sony loses money on units and there were so many people using PS3s for Linux Cell clusters (and therefore not buying any games/accessories), Sony decided to remove the option in the PS3 Slim. If it had only been casual users using the option, they may have kept it.

mztguitar
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:59 PM

well I forgot to mention it mine is a PS3 Slim and I’ve seen many comments that PS3 slim has no capability to run linux.. so I guess I’m screwed huh??

greatTVshowsonline
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:49 PM

Hey all i noticed that more and more people have rpoblems installing linux on a ps3 console. i had this problem too, but i just installed it. i have to admit i love linux on ps3 it transform it into a super cumputer – i got some great help from PS3 magic, they ware a great help to me, i manage to install linux on PS3n a few minutes after geting their guide. You cand find them by typing ps3 magic in google. give it a try it might help you all or acces ps3magic(dot)org

robertneville777
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Yeah, this is exactly what I would do. I think I’ve heard of some people running some version of Mame on their psubuntu, but I would definitely check that out first.

xnonsuchx
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:29 PM

There’s a version of MAME (SDLMAME) that runs natively in PS3 Linux (as well as other emulators like SDLMESS, XE, snes9x-gtk, mednafen, etc.) w/o having to add another layer of emulation. They would likely be so slow as to be unusable if actually run within an emulation of DOS/Windows.

mztguitar
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:07 PM

question for anyone:
I would like to run MAME on my PS3… but I’ve seen some videos on how to install windows and mas os.. so far it looks slow… so the question is: Can I install windows or MAC OS, and install MAME and run it with no problem?? or is there anyway to run MAME under PS3 environment???
THANKS!?

Syberia2015
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:46 PM

mmm, pero por que se ve tan lento?

robertneville777
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:16 PM

7.10

robertneville777
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:39 PM

But my point is, if I’m dumb and I want to change the gnome logos to apple logos, then I should have every open source freedom to do so.

Look at the history of GNU/Linux. This OS is pretty much a knockoff of UNIX. (GNU=Gnu is Not Unix). They saw the good and bad traits of Unix and created their own “open” version of Unix dubbed “Linux.”

Theres my point in case. I ABSOLUTELY agree with you; you got to appreciate it the way it is. It’s not OS X or Windows. Remember, I was a newbie back then

robertneville777
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:01 PM

Back when I posted this video a year ago, I was still slobbering over the Leopard eye candy But after using Linux for about 2 years now, I have been doing exactly what you have recommended here: appreciating Linux the way it is. My current desktop environment is tweaked, sure, it uses global menu and the dock bar out of practicality, but it doesn’t look anything like OS X or Windows, it’s just a clean dark, ubuntu theme.

vanser3004
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:32 PM

Ubuntu 7.7?? Where you got the theme – mac4lin for Ubuntu 7.7, or you have ubuntu with integrated theme. Post a link please where I can download And how to install theme on it.

vanser3004
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:44 PM

What the version of Ubuntu Linux he used there?
Where can I download this software? A just know that he used (mac4lin) -theme for his Ubuntu-linux OS.

mattdj313
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:12 PM

Well you can make a Linux distro look similar to OSX but you can’t make it act the same.
As I said- useful features of this imitating like the dock are useful, but making the login screen say OSX and the other folks who change the icon at the top left to an Apple logo etc… that’s just fake eye candy. Appreciate Linux for what it is, not what you want it to be. Just my 2 cents.

robertneville777
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:25 PM

Oh yeah, I absolutely agree.

But you gotta remember, some people feel uneasy when they first see a different Linux desktop environment, because they’re too use to seeing WIndows or Leopard; so I sometimes ease people into using Ubuntu by changing the theme around for them. But you’re missing the point. The whole point to open source, or Linux in this case is customization. You have the freedom to make your Linux machine look or act any way you want to. This is what it is all about.

mattdj313
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:26 PM

i can understand using a dock, as it actually does serve a purpose, and a good one at that. but customizing your linux os to look as close to osx as possible? ok… sorry but thats just dumb…

archicadarchicad
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:41 PM

@MaIuku…jealous

jimmyvandenaker
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:22 PM

do have to insert your mac osx cd?

MrSlickGamer
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:08 PM

@robertneville777
great video

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