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Sony Annouces Linux PS2 Port for US
krismon writes "Sony has announced that it is gonna release the Linux port(old Slashdot article) for the Playstation 2 in the US, after selling out SUPER fast in japan." I saw this running, it's pretty impressive.
But do you have to sign over your soul in blood to Sony??? They scare me.
** Disclamer: I am a disgruntled Dreamcast owner.
(+1 Funny) only if I laugh out loud.
...they had to go through the code and erase all changelog comments that would infringe on the DMCA.
NO! I CAN'T imagine a Beowulf cluster of these...
I'm kinda curious what kind of I/O score the PS2 might be able to manage. While the power requirements might be kinda steep, it's a very small and *very* stackable mini server platform.
Of course, don't expect it anytime soon. The HD, modem, and broadband adapter peripherals have all been delayed until Spring.
"Mod, mod, mod...and another troll bites the dust."
What I wouldn't give to see the look on my bosses face when I show up with a truckload of PS2s and hand one to each employee as they arrive at work. Give me an X environment and a fast NIC and I'm there. I can see the new employee manual now... "No playing --insert your favorite game here-- during business hours." And yes I would prefer to navigate my spreadsheets with a joystick.
linux shminux. just wait till Apple releases OS X 10.2 for the PS.
Shouldn't You expect more from your DJ?
Better send the police to break up Apple and Sun, they make hardware and software and in the case of Sun have a very large percentage of the market.
Okamoto also gave accolades to conference host Rambus Inc., saying that the memory company was one of the most important contributors to the design and manufacture of the PlayStation 2. "We defined the main application on the PlayStation 2 as MPEG-2 (video) decoding," he said. "The solution was dual-channel RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic RAM) because MPEG-2 decoding for high-definition images is very heavy." Each PlayStation 2 uses 32M bytes of RDRAM.
I must have missed something. RAMBUS actually did something useful other than crank out patents? Somebody illuminate me on this. I was unaware they had anything other than lawyers working for them anymore.
your dumb
If you are going to insult poor MarkLR in your comment, then at least do it properly...
You're dumb
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Linux for PS2
hmmm i dont quite see it...
I want to be able to run Playstation 2 games on my Linux box. They have it all backwards. They need to release a Linux port of the Playstation 2. Now THAT would be something, even closed source and commercial, it would be a welcomed addition.
Yeah its always been completely clear to me from day 1 that the linux project on PS2 is just to help missile makers.
As everyone rememberd there was big publicity about the PS2 being ideal hardware for cruse style missiles. Well it wasn't completely ideal hardware, it wasn't because it didn't have the right software for it. Now it does.. no one is even taking notice.
a PS2 as a firewall :) I'd like to see the script kiddies root that machine.
You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders! The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia against Cowboy Neal! Only slightly less known is this: never assume that a large corporation is in violation of the GPL just because you can't find the source!
IANAL, IANRMS (I Am Not Richard M. Stallman), and other disclaimers, but my understanding is that the GPL only requires that you must make the source available to those you have distributed binaries to. It doesn't *have* to be available for download, it just frequently is. If the source is being withheld from those who have purchased Linux for PS2, then we can start complaining.
And for those comparing which would make a better set-top PC, PS2 or Xbox, I suggest we start a pool for guessing how many minutes after the official Xbox release that someone boots Linux on an Xbox and releases the source, based on a 12:00am EST release on November 15. Negative numbers are acceptable guesses. Given that the hardware is basically an Nvidia nForce chipset, Geforce variant video computer, it really shouldn't take that long.
- Stealth Dave
Evil is as eval("does");
Does this mean I need to subscribe to a mailing list now to make sure my PS2 doesn't get out of date, and some bastard hacks into my PS2 making it unplayable?! I couldn't live without it! Oh wait yeah I can it got stolen =(
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