Homebrew Linux For PS2 Planned?

Posted by simoniker on Sunday January 25, 2004 @06:10AM from the linuxize-all-consoles-immediately dept.

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'."

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Linux PS2 Live CD? by (H)elix1 · 2004-01-25 07:02 · Score: 5, Interesting

With all the live CD distros starting to crop up, I suspect it is just a matter of time before a bootable CD/DVD that uses a USB thumbdrive and/or LAN connection for persisting information comes around. I was not interested in the HDD based Linux kit Sony was distributing or doing a mod chip, but a live CD that could use the bundled Ethernet port would be fantastic.

This is good news - even if it is only a baby step.

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