Richard Barry reports in this story, on ZDNet UK, that Sony may be planning to use Linux plus a 2 GHz AMD Athelon processor inside its upcoming PlayStation3 game machine . . .

“Reports from the Tokyo Games Show, suggest that the Sony's next generation console (code name AP1 — or PlayStation3) will be based on a 2GHz version of AMD's Athlon processor, running on a specially developed gamers version of Linux.”

“The open source community are hopping mad at Microsoft's attempt to muscle in on the games scene with the X-Box and have vowed to stop them — offering their services free to Sony to develop the code for PS3. Working out of a secret unit near Tokyo, a team of Linux coders are believed to have already developed a working beta.”

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