Sony’s PlayStation 3 set to move in on personal computers with the release of the Linux operating system for the device.

Linux developer Terra Soft Solutions will today announce the launch of its Yellow Dog Linux operating system for the PlayStation 3 games console.”We have worked closely with the energetic, determined E17 team to bring this advanced graphical user interface to a state of interface euphoria. It’s not about eye candy and unnecessary special effects, it’s about finding balance between a lean, uncluttered desktop and a personal environment that is both familiar and powerful. E17 is simply the most incredible thing I have ever used – with any operating system,” states Cesar Delgado of Terra Soft.

Terra Soft’s chief executive officer, Kai Staats, said that Linux will be available immediately from the company’s online store and from selected resellers and that the company would like to see its Linux distribution bundled with the PlayStation 3 at some point in the future.

Yellow Dog and PS3 logo
Staats has clearly indicated that he sees the combination of Linux and the PlayStation 3 as the development of a significant post-PC computing platform: “From our standpoint, what better way to enjoy games, movies, music, and Linux than on a single, low cost, highly integrated, small system. It is in essence, from our point of view, a ‘Linux appliance’ with an incredible feature list,” he said.

The question now is, whether Sony will officially support Terra Soft’s Linux efforts. At the E3 gaming conference and expo in May 2006 Sony indicated that it had plans to bring the Linux operating system to the console and Sony’s Izumi Kawanishi has been quoted in the Japanese press supporting the proposal of running Linux on the machine.

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