Is a PS3 with a flavor of linux installed a capable machine?

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Published on 2010-03-27T12:32:52Z Indexed on 2010/03/27 12:33 UTC
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Is a PS3 with a flavor of linux installed a capable machine?

Is it a viable option for a desktop for watching movies, coding browsing the web? Can it handle multitasking well?

I am assuming that since it can play all those high quality games, plain computing would not be a problem.

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