If you are among the few that actually use the option of using Linux on your Play Station 3, here’s some bad news for you, Don’t update the PS3 firmware!

Thursday, Sony will release it is latest firmware for the PS3 console – version 3.21. However, the company has decided to remove the option of allowing it’s users to install third-party operating systems.

According to sources the update will also remove existing operating systems and related data, so make sure that you backup any data that you might have save before you update (that is, if you have actually used the system after installing it)

The company states that this decision was taken due to security threats (is it security threat or threat that some hackers have finally managed to mod the PS3, we wonder!)

Though Sony says that it is not necessary to update the firmware. But not upgrading your PS3 would mean that you loose access to PlayStation Network and playback of games and Blu-ray movies that require the new software. The console will also stop playing copy-protected content from media servers. (How’s that for choice )