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Homebrew Linux For PS2 Planned?
DCEmumaniac writes "Today news appeared on PS2Vision about work on a homebrew version of Linux for the PlayStation 2 that will not need any hardware modifications to use it. According to the project, which is being hosted on the PS2Dev site: 'The Great Experiment (TGE) is an Open Source PS2/Linux Kit RTE replacement and bootloader. It's being written to provide a binary interface compatible with that of the RTE shipped with the PS2/Linux Kit and other Sony products that use Linux. The end goal is that anyone who owns a PS2 will be able to run Linux (or other programs written to use the RTE, such as NetBSD) on their PS2 without hardware modifications or expensive hardware bundles'."
but is this just a bit torrent like excuse for a modchip...not to say that thats a bad thing...I would love to have a media player running on my PS2 so I don't have to tote my G4 to the TV all the time...I wish them luck!
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Nice. I bought a Playstation 2, but cannot develop , much less distribute any software for it without paying $$ to Sony
Not even use it for much but playing dvds and expensive games.
I very much welcome projects like this.
Ok, Sony did release a Linux kit for it, they get credit for that.
But what if the what we see on the game consoles today is the PC future ?
That is, vendor lock-in, paying big fees to get specification and development information. And even bigger fees to the vendor to produce
distributable media for it... lets hope not.
One could say that they were hired because they were able to show their ability. In fact, one could further say that was the purpose of doing stuff like this in the first place... Hmmm!
Uh. You could just plug in a USB mouse and keyboard you know and save the pain of using a joypad as a keyboard...