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Gamecube Linux Port Announced, In Progress

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Finaly! by odorf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The long wait is over! I can check my e-mail on my gamecube-not that I have a game cube but thats beside the point- I've been waiting scince the day it came out for this linux pack. Now I can go to my grave in peace...

  2. Re:How they run the homebrew code by zerocool^ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not sure the details, but I am aware that some people are trying to hack this thing. Something about Phantasy Star Online allows the gamecube to load files off a computer on the network.

    The catch is that the CD's are burned backwards, or read backwards, or spin backwards, or something. I don't remember the details, just that something's backwards. So, like, as far as I heard, "they" could stream a game from the gamecube to the hard drive, and burn it, and somehow swap it with the phantasy star online disc, but couldn't get it to work like that.

    I wonder how the xbox linux crew has solved this?

    ~Will

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