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PostgreSQL Ported to GameCube, Linux Progressing

Posted by simoniker on from the mega-geek dept.

TheFuzzy writes "Hey folks, thought you'd like to know that the guys at Cybertec.at have succeeded in porting PostgreSQL 7.4.1 to the Nintendo GameCube. Now you, too, can turn your former video console into the world's most underpowered database server. And before anyone asks... the Windows port is coming real soon now, so be patient - it says something that the GameCube was easier to convert to than Windows, don't it?" Elsewhere in GameCube homebrew development, it looks like the GameCube Linux project is moving along quite swiftly, with "a 22 MB Debian base system image" now available, and an "ARAM block device driver" also created, now allowing 40mb of space for Linux to run in.

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  1. Re:Not me... by mahdi13 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    DX:IW wasn't a terrible game, but it was not nearly as good as it could of been. There were times that were edge of the seat tension, but most if it was pretty laid back.

    The frame rate sucked. But it didn't kill the game
    The Levels were tiny, very clausterphobic inducing, but it didn't kill the game
    Interface was very awkward, but it didn't kill the game
    What did kill the game was that it took a total of 10 hours to complete and was very easy (in terms of puzzle solving...were there any?)

    I'm hoping that with Thief III, they can optimize the engine, make larger maps and make better use of the engine in general.

    And Liberty Island at the end of DXIW was a joke, 4 seperate maps for what a 5 year old engine did with one map

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    "Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
  2. Relevance? by JackBuckley · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suppose that this is interesting, in a geeky/hacker way, but I really don't think it belongs in the games section. Just because they used game console hardware for an OSS/Linux port story doesn't make it gaming news....

  3. full tcp/ip root-boot over nfs is done. by torpor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it works already. you boot gc-linux over nfs.

    i just found a reason, finally, to by myself a gamecube. ;)

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  4. Re:Why? by rtaylor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Granted there isn't much use, but there is some.

    The PostgreSQL port to the PS2 (quite a while back) made a performance issue on certain platforms very obvious. I believe as a result the Itanium port recieved a bit of a speed boost (common issue).

    Simply put, looking at something from a new angle doesn't hurt any of the currently existing platforms, and often it will help.

    It's the same reason many developers like to use more than one compiler. One will sometimes warn about things the other doesn't catch.

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    Rod Taylor