Does anybody actually use Linux on the PS3? Seems weird they claim its for a security concern, didn't they have somebody try to hack it but failed?

Sounds real scummy to me. Well, at least Sony isn't charging for PSN.

Sony really needs to stop removing features.

Seriously, what's next they going to patch out backwards compatibility from older PS3's too?

i don't use it so no harm no foul.

O no what will I do now!!!!! Wait a minute I play games on my ps3 instead of installing operating systems. 

Read that a few hours ago, I think it's just stupid that sony would do something like this. I have a 60gb ps3, and wouldn't put linux on it, but why take away functionality for people who are considering doing so.

Crap. As a gamer historian I want to keep this feature available. As a person using his PS3 I want to keep getting updates (So that I can play games online, get patches, use the store). I can't afford a replacement PS3, and I certainly can't afford one that has backwards compatibility like mine. Shit.
 
EDIT seriously, if we install this patch this feature will be gone FOREVER. Thats forever. On all PS3s. Imagine if Nintendo could unilateraly remove support for the duck hunt gun, or in a more comparable example the SNES mouse. Thats a part of history completely eliminated. It may not be important, but it happened god damnit. I will not permit the internet to engage in revisionist history. Crap crap crap crap crap.

I never really saw the purpose of the option to begin with.  Its removal won't affect me since I never used it.

i guess all around i didn't really care to much about that option in the first place so seeing it gone wont make much of a difference.

I always thought that being able to install Linux was a cool idea that i'd absolutely never use, and it turns out I was right. Backwards compatibility on the other hand, was something I though I would use on a regular basis, but that didn't really work out so good either.

It's too late anyway.  George's code will likely be used to allow for spoofed firmware updates so that people can use whatever firmware they want and have the updater see whichever firmware is most current.

Weird.  I bought it but never installed it.

I never saw the real benefit to having the option anyway, whatevs.

I don't use the feature, but damn, bullshit.

Sony just being assholes. Once you put a feature on the system thats it. Its over. You decided to put it in there when you released the console so deal with the consequences.

Riiighhht..... April 1st... Why does that date rings a bell to me? Ohhhhh right.

Does anyone actually use Linux? 

" Does anybody actually use Linux on the PS3? Seems weird they claim its for a security concern, didn't they have somebody try to hack it but failed? "

Thanks for removing features Sony! I love the PS3 hardware but this is getting bad. First you remove ALL backwards compatibility and now this? I guess I can't ever connect my 80GB fat to the internet and hope it never breaks or else I loose features.

Sad to see a feature get taken away because of some kid high on e-fame, I sure hope the very vapid PS3 community let's him know how much they "appreciate" his work.

" I never saw the real benefit to having the option anyway, whatevs. "

" @Megasoum: Given that I am the only person in the world who is aggravated by this, its a pretty lame April Fools joke. Also it happens to be March 29th. "

What if you already are using Linux? Do you just get kicked back to the PS3 OS?

That is actually totally stupid.  Did they just look at the total userbase using this feature and decide that there were not enough people using this feature to make it relevant or something?  I dunno.  Like said, for history sake, once everyone patches this, your PS3 is patched and going back will probably be pretty tough.

" Thanks for removing features Sony! I love the PS3 hardware but this is getting bad. First you remove ALL backwards compatibility and now this? I guess I can't ever connect my 80GB fat to the internet and hope it never breaks or else I loose features. "

I for fun installed it on my PS3 a few months ago, and let me say, that was a HUGE waste of time.  Because it is a PowerPC type thing it hardly runs anything and only runs flash with workarounds, and on top of that it is very slow because so much of the system is limited by sony in alternate OS situations.  I had more fun watching install bars than actually doing anything after it was installed.

It's probably a really bad April Fools joke. Don't believe me? Check the release date for this update.
 
Also, check the blog. You'll see that firmware updates are always posted by Eric Lempel. It just so happened that this one was posted by Patrick Seybold. The change in posters, at least to me, tells me of a massive prank being pulled by Sony at large here.

Next update: disabling PS2 compatibility in older models

a better prank would be  telling us they'd add suport for installing windows 7

PS3 has no ga- linux.

I have never known a company to reduce the amount of features a product has, and Sony did it at least twice. Wow.

My Yellow Dog installation has saved my ass multiple times when I had hardware trouble with my PC, and it's unfortunate that Sony's removing the feature.

To me it was one of the few features that never had any purpose on the PS3 and by deleting it means they want to cut off any unwanted fat.

I installed Linux on my PS3 when my MacBook broke. I used it for about two weeks until I got the MB back. I also played around with CBE development for a while. I kind of lost interest quickly, but I had fun for a couple of weeks with that as well. 
 
It's incredibly frustrating that a feature I paid for when I bought the system is being taken away just like that. Sony is such a clueless company these days, it's no surprise they're in the shape they're in financially.

Does Sony even know what it wants? First they do this, then they don't. Then they do that, then they don't. 
 
Fucking make up your mind on what features you want, dammit.

I can understand the people that used it, or bought into the system wanting the feature, being upset.  I personally don't care one bit.

Get rid of the web browser while you're at it, Sony. It's equally as worthless and broken as LinuxPS3

Hello?? Is no one realizing that this might be an April Fools joke? I mean, check the release date: April 1st...

I tried Myth Ubuntu on it but it didn't work very well. Can't say I really used it since. :-/

Never used it, if they remove it to stem off potential piracy issues, I'm fine with that.

Well that sucks, I would try and use the PS3's Browser and be able to watch videos online through my TV but the PS3's browser sucks big giant donkey appendage, 
 
Boo I say, Boo to that man.

Why would they take away features?

Whats linux...