As we told you a few weeks back, Sony dropped a new update that was to do away with Linux support for the PlayStation 3. As no surprise to anyone, someone has figured out how to restore Linux support once again.

George Hotz was able to restore Linux support for the PlayStation 3 using Firmware version 3.21 by creating and loading a custom built PUP file. Hotz says that his firmware isn’t a version string change, and while we would have liked to been able to show off the new features of 3.21, there are none to speak of. Of course, the best part of this is that users can easily roll back. He also believes that it might be possible to use the same sort of method to enable Linux support on the PS3 Slim, but he will not know till he is able to start testing it.

So, from what we can tell, it would appear that Sony is going to have more problems trying to rid itself of Linux than it might have expected. We expect this cat and mouse game to continue and Linux will be running on the PS3 for a long time to come.