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Codingstyle Interviews PS2 Linux Developers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-haxx0r-on dept.

Linux Freak writes "May 22 marks the official release of Sony's PS2 Linux kit in North America and Europe! To give you something to do while waiting for your package to arrive in the mail, Codingstyle has conducted an interview with several people in the PS2 development community, including two people from Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. (SCEA) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Ltd. (SCEE), as well as official kit and PS2DEV hobbyists."

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  1. Re:Still Cannot Create Your Own Games by Steveftoth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The point of this kit it to let the normal person access the hardware of the ps2 so that they can write their own game. You don't need to be able to read the dvd-rom/cd drive to do that. Yeah, I agree that it kinda sucks, but they are not selling you a general purpose PC, they are selling a games machine. If you are really hc, then you can write a game using the linux kit and then take it to a publisher, maybe it will get picked up. Maybe you'll be able to get a job, who knows.
    I pirated games for the PS one, I had a chip-mod, but I still bought games when I knew they were good. They don't want a large underground group releasing non-sony licensed games.

  2. not to be an asshole but... by DanThe1Man · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Could someone explain the point of this exersise, except for the hack value. I don't want to be flamebait or a troll, but why would someone want linux on a low resulation TV monitor? You could use a regular monitor, but if you have a regular monitor, you probably already have a computer to partion and put linux on.

    1. Re:not to be an asshole but... by NETHED · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Good question, but its probbably the same reason we see Linux going into toasters and such.

      why do you climb the mountain, because its there. Probbably the same reason people use Linux on a PS2, just to see if they can, and what they can do with it.

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  3. Re:It's Wednesday by GeorgeH · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know this is Slashdot, but can't we just once get a movie/music/video game story where someone doesn't post this? Can't we once get the idea that not everything in life is black and white, that video games can be fun and hacking on the consoles is really geeky even if Sony supports the DMCA or whatever "our" gripe with them is.

    Maybe I'm just naturally wary of people who force issues into "them" and "us" statements... but if that were true what would I be doing here on /.?

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  4. Re:Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Are you talking about the modchip? Sony did not yet sue any vendor over modchips - you can buy them pretty much at any modchip outlet (chipzone, easybuy2000, whatnot). Do you think they really violate DMCA?

  5. Re:Interesting by zaffir · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course they violate the DMCA. Sony just hasn't deemed them worthy of their giant lawsuit hammer.

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  6. Re:It's Wednesday by gmarceau · · Score: 2, Insightful
    1. There is no slashdot

      The audience of slashdot is composed of a fairly wide range of opinionated individual. Even thought each reader probably have a mostly consistent point of view, the slashdot pool as a whole as little chances to be.

    2. Sony's hardware and music departments are mostly independent from each other - and often at odd.

      I'm sure Sony Music isn't too happy Sony Hardware is selling consumer grade cd duplicators.

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