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A More In Depth Look at PS/2 Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the select-start-b-a-start-ctrl-alt-del dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I have yet to see a GOOD review of the Linux (for Playstation 2) kit... until now... " The article takes awhile to get to the point, but covers a lot of information about what you can and can't do w/ the kit, and more interestingly what the author thinks the kit is intended to accomplish.

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  1. Re:Ruby by kmellis · · Score: 3, Insightful
    "I would like to comment that while Ruby is big in Japan, more western minded people might do better investigating Python, which gives all the perks of ruby, and more..."
    Ruby was written specifically to answer perceived deficiencies in Python , not to mention Perl. It's more than a little misleading to represent Python as "Ruby with more". It's debatable whether Ruby is better than Python, but someone interested should do some research and decide for themselves. It's thought of very highly by a lot of people, and I suspect that the mention of it here by a US developer is an indication of its burgeoning popularity in the US.
  2. Re:MS Keys Do Not a Standard Keyboard Make! by SpatchMonkey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He's half right though - Windows is the standard.

  3. Hi! Sony, can I publish games for $10? by Steveftoth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    First of all it is possiable to take a game over to a friends house. There are multiple ways to do this, first is to take the HD and all with you. Secondly (and easier) you can write a game that runs only off the memeory card. And just take the linux DVD and your memeory card.

    Sony does not want to start publishing crappy games at $10 a pop. They would make no money from this and worst of all it could mess up the playstation brand. All the games published today go through a process, that every game must meet certain minimum requirements. You know, like not trashing your memory card, not crashing every 5 minutes, etc. If they just let you publish a disc that process could be totatly circumvented. Not to mention that you could just turn around and start selling your 'hobby' games for 30+ dollars, cutting them out of profits. Don't forget that it costs a lot more per disc to make one disc then a thousand.

    I agree that it would be cool, but this is their platform. It is not open and expecting them to open it is silly.