{"id":224265,"date":"2026-03-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/the-ps3-used-to-have-a-feature-sony-would-never-allow-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:05:09","slug":"the-ps3-used-to-have-a-feature-sony-would-never-allow-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/the-ps3-used-to-have-a-feature-sony-would-never-allow-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The PS3 used to have a feature Sony would never allow today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PS3 used to have a feature Sony would never allow today<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-16 13:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.makeuseof.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The console wars of the seventh-generation were something you needed to behold. A former underdog quickly swept the competition under the rug, and the more “powerful” console of the generation struggled to find its footing. As a lifelong PlayStation fan, the PlayStation 3 was somewhat of a hard sell, especially when all of my friends went to Team Xbox for this generation.<\/p>\n

But, outside the games that it could play, the PS3 had a special little surprise for eager and interested players. With the introduction of OtherOS, you could fundamentally turn your PlayStation 3 into a functioning Linux computer. It’s wild to think that this was an advertised feature, and it’s sad that they got rid of the capability to make it happen.<\/p>\n

\n The little Linux machine that could
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OtherOS was an incredibly interesting piece of history, especially when it came to the incredibly powerful (at the time) PlayStation 3. This may have very likely been the introduction to a lifelong love of Linux for many users, as the console was capable of installing a variety of different distributions onto its internal hard drive. Users could keep their standard PS3 games running on the game side of things, and a partitioned hard drive would allow users to run Linux or a variety of other OSes on their TV.<\/p>\n

Funny enough, it was also used by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in…<\/p>\n

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