You may have heard that Sony disabled the ability to run Linux on the PS3, a feature that had hackers everywhere jumping joy. Well, now that the feature has been removed hackers everywhere are screaming in agony. Luckily, the guy behind a number of iPhone jailbreaks, GeoHot, has posted on his PS3 blog encouraging users not to update.

He then goes on to say that he will attempt to develop a firmware that will allow users to upgrade their systems to 3.21 while retaining OtherOS support.

But honestly Sony, why did you put it in there in the first place if you were going to disable it down the line.

Developers and Linux fanboys aren’t exactly pleased with Sony’s decision to leave OtherOS support out of the PlayStation 3 slim. It was previously only speculated why it was left out, but today Sony gives a reason behind their move; money.

“The reasons are simple: The PS3 Slim is a major cost reduction involving many changes to hardware components in the PS3 design,” SCEE’s Sarah Ewen said. “In order to offer the OtherOS install, SCE would need to continue to maintain the OtherOS hypervisor drivers for any significant hardware changes – this costs SCE.”

Ewen continues on to say that the main objective behind the Slim is to offer a lower price, and the cost of OtherOS did not meet the standards to lower the price.

Be sure to read up on our review of the PlayStation 3 Slim in case you’re still on the fence about buying it.

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