Gamecube Linux Port Announced, In Progress

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @12:39AM from the teh-console-domination dept.

NiteStar writes "A group of people from the homebrew scene and Xbox Linux have now started a new project to port Linux to the Nintendo Gamecube. A small preview version has already been released, it's a small application that draws Tux the penguin on the GameCube screen. The roadmap explains a small client will run on the Gamecube, so the 'GameCube could be used as a desktop computer, which stores its data on a server on the network. The GameCube has a CPU that is powerful enough to decode common multimedia data like MPEG-4/DivX and MP3. It can serve as a display unit for content stored on a server'."

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Re:Next Gen... by Acidic_Diarrhea · 2004-01-20 04:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Well, if you'd read the article, you'd know that the way to get Linux on the Gamecube doesn't involve burning the software and dropping it into the Gamecube but rather using an exploit in Phantasy Star Online to run code from your PC on the Gamecube using the broadband adapter to access it.
Of course, you didn't read the article so you must not know this.

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