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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by djsumdog on Saturday December 31, 2016 @10:43PM (#13294623)
The PS3 was a Cell processor, a new architecture promoted by Sony/IBM .. Toshiba? I think?

PS4s just have a regular old AMD x86/64 chip in them ... plus all that other garbage he described in the talk. With all the hacks it takes to get Linux to even boot, I'm pretty sure it's not worth the cost compared to just buying a real x86/64 PC based server.

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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by kobeya on Sunday January 01, 2017 @01:17AM (#13294885)
Except a "real" PC based server has 4x the cost.
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by michaelmrose on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:16AM (#13295075)
Equivalent hardware doesn't cost 4x apples and oranges
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