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Unless Sony releases ps2 linux in th states, I might just jump ship.

In case you're interested the total "Yes" votes was a little more than 200 after I voted.

This is just the sort of bastardization I hate. If you want to run Linux (I do (Run it that is.)), buy/build an f'ing computer. PS2's may be cheap, but by the time you've got a keyboard/mouse, etc, it just doesn't loook quite so attractive. Plus the onboad storage is so limited.


Actually, the Japanese version comes w/ a 40G Hard Drive, mouse, and keyboard (among other things).

Even if it does run (and it probably will), why not wait for a PS2-specific distro? Anything written for PSOne will be unable to take advantage of the PS2's forthcoming HD and net access anyway.

GTRacer
- I didn't come here to play. I came to win!

Why this sad state of affairs? Because the "online" games (and browsers) Sega released before only work with the stupid freaking dialup 56K modem. Why? Because Sega never wrote/licensed a general purpose TCP/IP stack, so all the other software is FREAKIN' HARDCODED to a STUPIDUSELESS analog modem.

Sony was at least smart enough to license a modern IPV4/IPV6 stack from a company that maybe knows a little about TCP/IP.

Whoever wrote the article needs to get his/her/its facts straight. The specs for the PS2, available at http://www.sc ea.com/ news/press_example.asp?ps2=ps2&ReleaseID=9, indicate that the graphics subsystem for the PS2 has 4MB of embedded DRAM. This is not necessarily the total amount of video memory that the PS2 has, and it's quite likely that a fair amount of the 32MB of system memory can be used for video as well. The embedded DRAM, however, implies that the graphics chip has 4MB of memory on the die, similar to what Bitboys Glaze3D was supposed to do (whatever happened to that, anyway?), which could lead to emormous performance increases since it can access that 4MB directly. Sorry, but I think PS2 beats DC any day...

Consumers can find the following titles in October at more than 20,000 retail locations
(listed in alphabetical order):

• Armored Core 2, published by Agetec and developed by From Software
• Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore, published and developed by Tecmo
• Dynasty Warriors 2, published and developed by Koei
• ESPN International Track & Field, published by Konami and developed by KCEO
• ESPN X Games Snowboarding, published and developed by Konami
• Eternal Ring, published by Agetec and developed by From Software
• Evergrace, published by Agetec and developed by From Software
• FantaVisionÔ , published by SCEA
• Gun Griffon Blaze, published by Working Designs and developed by Game Arts
• Kessen, published by Electronic Arts and developed by Koei
• Madden NFL 2001, published and developed by EA Sports
• Midnight Club: Street Racing, published by Rockstar Games and developed by Angel Studios
• Moto GP, published and developed by Namco
• NHL 2001, published and developed by EA Sports
• Orphen, published by Activision and developed by Kadokawa Shoten
• Q-Ball Billiards Master, published and developed by Take 2 Interactive
• Ready 2 Rumble"! Boxing: Round 2, published and developed by Midway
• Real Pool, published and developed by Infogrames
• Ridge Racer V, published and developed by Namco
• SSX, published and developed by Electronic Arts
• Silent Scope, published and developed by Konami
• Silpheed: The Lost Planet, published by Working Designs and developed by Game Arts
• Smuggler's Run, published by Rockstar Games and developed by Angel Studios
• Street Fighter® EX3, published and developed by Capcom
• Surfing H30, published and developed by Take 2 Interactive
• Summoner, published by THQ and developed by Volition, Inc.
• Swing Away Golf, published by Electronic Arts and developed by T&E Software
• Tekken Tag Tournament, published and developed by Namco
• TimeSplitters, published by Eidos and developed by Free Radical Design, Ltd.
• Top Gear Daredevil,published and developed by Kemco
• Unreal Tournament, published by Infogrames and developed by Epic Games
• Wild Wild Racing, published by Interplay and developed by Rage Software
• X-Squad, published by Electronic Arts and developed by EA Square

More than 10 additional titles are expected to be shipped in November and at least 9 titles in December, totaling more than 50 PlayStation 2-specific software titles in market by the holidays.

November 2000 releases include (listed in alphabetical order):

• Disney' s Donald Duck Goin' Quackers, published by Ubi Soft and developed by Disney Interactive
• FIFA 2001 Major League Soccer, published and developed by EA Sports
• F1 Racing Championship, published by Ubi Soft and developed by Video System
• Gradius 3 & 4, published and developed by Konami
• NASCAR 2001, published and developed by EA Sports
• Rayman® 2 Revolution, published and developed by Ubi Soft
• Super Bust-A-Move,published by Acclaim Entertainment and developed by Taito
• The Sky Odyssey, published and developed by Activision
• Theme Park Roller Coaster, published and developed by Electronic Arts
• World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks, published and developed by 3DO

December 2000 releases include (listed in alphabetical order):

• Army Men - Air Attack 2, published and developed by 3DO
• Army Men - Sarge' s Heroes 2, published and developed by 3DO
• Carrier Morphed, published and developed by Jaleco
• Formula 1 2000 CE, published and developed by EA Sports
• MDK"! 2: Armageddon, published by Interplay and developed by BioWare
• NBA Live 2001, published and developed by EA Sports
• Oni, published and developed by Rockstar Games
• Star Wars Starfighter, published and developed by LucasArts Entertainment Company
• Warriors of Might & Magic, published and developed by 3DO

First quarter of 2001 titles include (listed in alphabetical order):

• 4 X 4 Evolution, published and developed by GOD (Gathering of Developers)
• All Star Baseball"! 2002, published and developed by Acclaim Sports
• Army Men Vikki's Adventures, published and developed by 3DO
• Dark Angel Vampire, published and developed by Metro 3D
• Driving Emotion Type-SÔ , published and developed by Square EA developed by Square
• ESPN MLS Game Night, published and developed by Konami
• Fur Fighters, published by Acclaim Entertainment and developed by Bizarre Creations
• Gauntlet®: Dark Legacy"!, published and developed by Midway
• Gran TurismoÔ 3, published by SCEA and developed by Polyphony Digital
• High Heat Baseball 2002, published and developed by 3DO
• Kengo, published by Crave and developed by Lightweight
• NBA® Hoopz, published and developed by Midway
• Onimusha"!: Warlords, published and developed by Capcom

First quarter of 2001 titles continued (listed in alphabetical order):

• Star Wars Super Bombad Racing, published and developed by Lucas Learning
• The BouncerÔ , published by Square EA and developed by Square/Dream Factory
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001,published and developed by EA Sports
• Ultimate Fighting Championship, published and developed by Crave
• World Destruction League: WarJetz, published and developed by 3DO

but not because of the XBox. Looking through the specs I see 32 MB of Direct Rambus RAM. Now, given this from Intel, is Sony the only major rambus user left? Could this also have to do with the PlayStation2 shortage? I hope to see the day when Rambus memory is as hard to find as memory boards for my Thinkpad 340 laptop.

As an aside, why did they use mpeg2 compression? Because mpeg4 isn't ready and Sony wants nothing to do with the evil mp3? Do you think they will let us flash the image decoder with mpeg4 for even better in-game video? And seeing the max resolution is 1280x1024, how can I hook this up to my 19" monitor and finally get rid of my t.v.?

Even the samurai
have teddy bears,
and even the teddy bears

Speaking of checking out the facts before judging... according to this, the Playstation 2 has a 128bit processor. 128 bits at 300MHz is still a wee bit more than 32 bits at 600MHz (The X-Box uses a PIII processor, which is only 32 bit...) Funny how MS never mentions that in their comparison charts...