Whoever said that you can't have the best of both worlds obviously hasn't met diabolix. And by diabolix we don't mean some obscure video game character or some charismatic person heading a cult. He's just your plain smart coder who has managed to hack the PS3 Linux into recognizing the Xbox360 controller right on your PS3s.

Yep, you got that right. diabolix was able to compile an Xbox360 controller driver for Fedora Core 5, which means that if you're running Linux on your PS3, you can now use the 360 controller with it!

diabolix says that this has been tested with Snes9x and Doom under FC5-PPC. Here's the usage instructions:

* Copy this installer to your PS3’s HDD linux partition and connect your controller via USB.
* Run “install-xbox360-driver.sh” initially from the terminal
* Enter your root password (if you aren’t root already), and there ya have it, a functioning Xbox360 controller on your PS3!

Unfortunately, this doesn't work for PS3 games as it only works on Linux. But hey, if you're all for diversity then by all means, download the driver by clicking on the link above.