Seriously, Sony removing that option will have about the preventative strength of putting up a sign that says “keep off the grass.” Am I right? They’ll piggy-back off that with a savefile hack or something, and after that it’ll be something you can put on a USB stick, the way it is now. The first hack will rely on cracking the thing open. They do this on Sunday afternoons to relax. Hackers and Linux lovers do this for fun. I don’t think I’m taking a lot for granted here or overestimating the community. Mark my words: the PS3 Slim will have Linux running on it within a month of its release.
So you can’t select a menu option? Don’t make me laugh! Linux fanatics would install it on their TI-83s if they could (and probably have). I’m as ticked off as you guys at Sony removing the “install other OS” option from the PS3, but really, who are they kidding? Removing the ability to install Linux on something is like writing “HACK T3H PS3 SLIM” on the moon.