wondering if anyone's done this to make a better media server out of their ps3's?

edit: i'm thinking of getting a 2.5" internal hdd to try installing linux. what're some good choices for the distros?

wondering if anyone's done this to make a better media server out of their ps3's?
Until Sony opens up all the cores of the cell in Linux and allows the other OS to use the RSX, this is a non starter imo.

that's a bummer, thanks for the info.