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Sony Annouces Linux PS2 Port for US

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-em-while-they're-hot dept.

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.

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  1. think that's impressive? by smilinggoat · · Score: 3, Funny

    linux shminux. just wait till Apple releases OS X 10.2 for the PS.

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  2. RAMBUS huh? Somebody connect the dots here for me. by nyet · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  3. No no no... by zCyl · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.