Hacker previews custom 3.21 PS3 firmware with Linux support (The H)

PlayStation3 hacker George Hotz has shown a proof-of-concept hack to restore the "Install Other OS" functionality to the device, as reported by The H. "Less than 48 hours after Sony's announcement, Hotz called for PS3 owners not to update their systems and announced that he would find 'a safe way of updating to retain OtherOS support'. Hotz has now published a video of the working custom firmware, which he calls 3.21OO, as proof on YouTube. The hacker says that the custom firmware can be 'installed without having to open up your PS3, just by restoring a custom generated PUP file, but only from 3.15 or previous'." We looked at Sony's move to disallow running Linux on PS3s in last week's edition, and noted that Hotz seemed likely to make good on his threat to develop custom firmware that routed around Sony's intentions.

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