Posted By: wraggster
This news is near on a month old but ive only just found it on ps2dev forums so here goes:
News from Sashz:
Current release is here:
http://mail.pdaxrom.org/downloads/PS3/livecd. It uses lxde as desktop environment. PS3Boot is included. To boot from CD burn ISO image or unzip archive to boot from memory card.
What news:
Midori 0.2.1 (WebKit based webbrowser)
Ekiga 3.2.6 (SIP audio/video phone)
Pidgin 2.6.3
gcc 4.4.2
kernel 2.6.31.6
Applications:
* Leafpad
* Terminal
* Image viewer
* mtPaint
* Ekiga
* Midori
* Pidgin
* Transmission
* XChat
* AbiWord
* Gnumeric
* ePDFViewer
* Audacious
* Mplayer
* Geany
LiveCD also includes ppu-gcc and spu-gcc (gcc 4.4.2).
Boot options:
noswap - disable swap in vram
video=ps3fb:mode:N - set video mode N. Default mode 3
Connect to network:
Default DHCP is used. There is no network utility for manual settings yet.
Connect to wireless network:
Click on interface wlan0 network icon. If wireless networks is detected, choose preferred from the list. For private network you need enter password.
Bluetooth bluez installed.
More details is here:
http://wiki.pdaxrom.org/index.php/Bootable_CD_for_PS3
http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=11551