[dangerdude]

Just thought I'd start a post to find out everyones reasons for doing so.

My reason for wanting to traces back to me wanting a mac mini for a mediia center and me being a fan of gaming. Those of you un- familier with mac minis, they cost as much as the 60gig PS3 does. I've heard about people running linux on their PS3's, so I figured out, the PS3 can do much more then the mac mini, for roughly the same price.

Plus, I've been a PC gamer for years now, I'm now in college, and don't really want to spend hundreds of dollars often to be able to play new games ever 6 months.

The benefits I can get for using a PS3 and with Linux-

-Play killer looking games that will only look better over time
-Watch Blu-Ray movies
-Play ripped movies, .iso's, emulators, back up my games(maybe). and my 11,000+ songs
-Have a gaming rig and media center PC all in one
-To build a media center PC that can come close to doing what the PS3 does, I'd have to spend more then what some cars cost.
- For $600 I get a PS3, a fully functioning computer, and enough external storage for all my media files, you can't even build a HTPC for under $600 that can play HD movies, video cards that support HDCP are atleast $160 alone.

So what are your reasons for running a version of Linux? A "Wow" factor, a cheap computer that can play games, maybe a reason like mine? Or just because you can?