70w ago - Following up on this weekend's unofficial Showtime PS3 Media Player Repack v3.3.384 update comes an official Showtime PlayStation 3 Media Player version 3.4 Release Candidate by developer Andreas Oman.

Download: Showtime GeoHot v3.3.385.g334dc (PKG) / Showtime v3.3.385.g334dc (SELF) / Showtime v3.3.385.g334dc (PKG) / GIT

To quote: I've made a pre-release of what will soon be Showtime 3.4. It's called 3.3.384 and is available for download here.

Also in related news PS3 developer deank has updated SHOWTIME.SELF for multiMAN PS3 Backup users as well.

Download: SHOWTIME.SELF (Version 3.3.384.gc5c3a.dirty - January 13th, 2012 - 4.21 MB)

Save the downloaded file as: /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/SHOWTIME.SELF

• Added: XMB videos and last folder visible in Showtime

89w ago - Today r04drunner has updated Red Ribbon GNU / Linux to Release Candidate 5 for the PS3 entertainment system.

Download: Red Ribbon GNU / Linux Release Candidate 5 for PS3

To quote: Published Release Candidate 5 with the following changes:

• Fixed restart and shutdown problems.
  
• Fixed repositories list needed for distribution.
  
• Online updates available from the official distribution repositories.
  
• Fixed hostname problem.
  
• Added GFTP as FTP manager.
  
• Added a keyboard configurator.
  
• Fixed some problems with wireless connections on fat models.
  
• Network-Manager-Gnome is now the default network manager.
  
• Gnome-Bluetooth is now the default bluetooth manager.
  

The download link is available at the project wiki.

Online Update

You can upgrade the Red Ribbon installation from the online official repository, you don’t need to reinstall the distribution from CD.

This update is only designed for the RC 4 or lower with all previous updates.

You need to connect the PS3 to the...

101w ago - Today r04drunner has released a Debian-based Linux for the PlayStation 3 console.

Download: Red Ribbon GNU / Linux for PS3 Release Candidate 2 / Torrent

To quote, roughly translated: This is a release candidate, is a working version but not definitive, as they surely will have functionality not present and if they will be in the final version.

Also, although I have repeatedly tested and verified, certain utilities may not function properly and must be corrected.

Any problems you find will be added to a list at the end of the post and I'll go check all that solved.

This new distribution is based on the well-known Debian and has the following characteristics:

Features:

• Core system (Kernel) 6.2.38 with modifications Graf_chokolo. It also includes a specific modification to Asbestos and derivatives with patches of Marks.
• Swap (swap) main memory using the RSX.
• Swap (swap) using a secondary partition on the storage media.
• LXDE as the desktop.
• Blueman Bluetooth as manager. Once started, lets you use the device after you sync, such as a Bluetooth...