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Turning The SEGA Dreamcast Into A Linux Router

Posted by timothy on from the plastic-and-silicon dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This highly detailed 101-page how-to article provides the necessary background and procedures to turn a SEGA Dreamcast gaming console into a Linux-based router with firewalling and virtual private networking capabilities. The article explains how to create the necessary toolchain for compiling both programs and the Linux kernel, and shows how, starting from scratch, you can build a Linux operating system that runs entirely in memory."

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  1. Ehh... by cubyrop · · Score: 1, Troll

    Do hackers even care any more about creating something useful or ingenious?

    Because more and more, it seems like this has all become a race to see who can do the most useless thing with the most obsolete item, and spend the most amount of time and money doing so.

    And then brag to the internet about how their wives left them because of the project.

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  2. Re:Easier instructions by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 0, Troll

    Under your pants, or occasionaly on your head for variety.

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