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Gentoo Ported to PS2

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ls-with-a-gamepad dept.

kerneljacabo writes "In what is yet another testament to the flexibility of the Gentoo platform, it has been ported to the PS2. It is still in the early stages but more information can be found here."

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  1. Shhh.... by Dieppe · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...don't tell Sony...

  2. Gentoo Port by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm waiting for the hack to run a Gentoo-ported PS2 emulator on my XBox.

    1. Re:Gentoo Port by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 2, Funny
      Well, I'm waiting for the Gentoo-ported PS2 emulator which runs on an Xbox emulator which runs on Wine which runs on Gentoo Linux... on my PS2!

      (Fatal exception error: you have got to be kidding.)

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  3. Support for PS/2 by clem · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's great news. Now I no longer have to use my serial mouse with Gentoo.

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    1. Re:Support for PS/2 by pointbeing · · Score: 3, Funny
      *raises hand from the back row*

      What's a serial mouse?

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    2. Re:Support for PS/2 by proj_2501 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The kind you eat with milk.

  4. Great. by reverendslappy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if only they could port it to 95% of the desktop market share.

    *grin*

  5. PCJr. by yonex737 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So when's the port to PCJr?

  6. perhaps also ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    their webserver is running on a PS2.

  7. what i really want to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    what i really want to know is how come my PS2 mouse doesn't seem to be able to plug into my PS2? seems like fraudulent advertising to me...

  8. psshaw by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    port it to the gameboy, and I'll be impressed

  9. Kewlies! by Mnemennth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can play Vectorman 2 on my PS2!!!

    Hmmmm... When the giant snails explode, will it make the controller vibrate?

    Oooohhh... vibrating is gooooood...

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  10. It's a Trick (get an axe) by Drakantus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Terradyn just wants all the bandwidth for himself.

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  11. This is going to a lot of trouble... by smittyoneeach · · Score: 3, Funny

    just to play Tetris under Emacs...

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  12. Re:It was just a matter of time... by YE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously you've never seen a PS2...it IS a sufficiently advanced toaster, especially when propped up on its side.

  13. Re:Stop Downloading! by ninedigitbandit · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm the one who upload the tarballs. And because i never got a chance to finish uploading. you can download the stage1 tarballs but it wont build because my portage diffs arent there. If I do get access again I'll post a link to the portage-diffs.

  14. emerge beowulf by JoeD · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sorry, I just can't go through with the remainder of this post.

  15. Not a good idea... by eniu!uine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have nothing against gentoo, but it really sucks as a game. It has no plot whatsoever. I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to do with it?!?

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  16. Pretty easy to tell the age of some people... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's pretty easy to tell the age range of people that are posting replies here.

    Young: Cool, I can use my dual shock controller with it!
    Think they're old: Cool, no more serial mouse!
    Old: Cool, but does it support microchannel?!

    Personally, I'm waiting for the PDP-11 port of linux :)

  17. Re:Now I can play Angband on my PS2!!!! by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny
    • Triangle - R
    • Circle - M
    • Square - F
    • X - Dash
    • Right - Space
    • Down - CR

    To unlock the whole hard drive use the combo TRIANGLE - CIRCLE - RIGHT - X - TRIANGLE - SQUARE - DOWN

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  18. Man, this is a *tough* game... by popo · · Score: 3, Funny


    I'm pretty much stuck on the first level of this Gentoo game ...

    Anybody know a cheat code?

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  19. Re:Correction by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny
    It has several people wondering how 2.4.x is going to be ported to PS2 because of the radical changes.

    Duh, it's a hazing ritual for new Sony engineers. They have to drink beer on a block of Ice and port the latest Linux kernel to either the PS2 or the gameboy advance.

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