PS3 firmwares can now be downgraded. Somebody discovered a service dongle key, which allows for downgrading FWs (but not the latest). That would make it slightly easier to find replacements.
Also somebody is working on some patches which allow
linux to run on top of the same gameos hypervisor that the commercial games do. This allows access to an extra spu and
slightly more ram too. It does require an exploit to allow the execution of unsigned code. Here's the git repo:
http://git.marcansoft.com/?p=asbestos.git
Hector Martin has been playing with kinect for the past month so that explains the lack of progress.
Also somebody is working on some patches which allow linux to run on top of the same gameos hypervisor that the commercial games do. This allows access to an extra spu and slightly more ram too. It does require an exploit to allow the execution of unsigned code. Here's the git repo: http://git.marcansoft.com/?p=asbestos.git
Hector Martin has been playing with kinect for the past month so that explains the lack of progress.