Sony Playstation to lose Linux installation capability

As described in this Playstation.com weblog entry, the upcoming Playstation v3.21 firmware update will remove the "install other OS" option from the system. "In addition, disabling the 'Other OS' feature will help ensure that PS3 owners will continue to have access to the broad range of gaming and entertainment content from SCE and its content partners on a more secure system." Incidentally, once the firmware update is made, anything on a Linux partition will be immediately lost forever, and not applying the update will cause the system to operate at reduced functionality. This move runs contrary to promises to PS3 owners made in the recent past.

There is a press release in Japanese which can be turned into something resembling English with Google Translate.

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