KDE Running On A GameCube

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Posted by timothy on Sunday October 31, 2004 @11:18PM from the loony-bin-too-full dept.

Bruno_me writes "Some of the folks at the GameCube Linux project have gotten KDE to run on a GameCube. There's a screenshot of what it actually looks like and what it should look like. This is the first real 'GameKube.' And of course, here is the original frame buffer (dd if=/dev/fb0 of=./kde.fbdump)."

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Wow. by SmithG · 2004-10-31 23:21 · Score: 4, Funny

This seems very useful.
1. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-31 23:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I'm still trying to figure out how to turn my computer into a gamecube.
  
  I'll just be happy once my toaster starts making coffee.
2. Re:Wow. by morten+poulsen · 2004-11-01 00:19 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Well, you could always:
  
  bc
  cc
  cd
  dc
  dd
  
  That should be enough to do serious work :-)
3. Re:Wow. by ion_ · 2004-11-01 03:53 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  The actual buttons are A,B,X,Y,L,R,Z,START, [...]
  
  You can write any ASCII text with just those buttons. Simply hold down the desired combination of bits and then press START to enter the character.
  
  Example:
  
  r: A-B-X-R-START m: A-B-Y-L-Z-START space: B-START =: B-X-Y-L-Z-START ^H: Y-START (oops, a typo) -: B-Y-L-Z-START f: A-B-L-R-START r: A-B-X-R-START space: B-START /: B-Y-L-R-Z-START ^M: Y-L-Z-START
  
  See, it's as simple as that.
4. Re:Wow. by rhombic · 2004-11-01 04:27 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Shoud definitly appeal to emacs users, no?
  
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Screenshots by rudib · 2004-10-31 23:23 · Score: 5, Funny

So, the first screenshot is when you are sober and the second one is when you are on acid?
1. Re:Screenshots by gustgr · 2004-10-31 23:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  when you are on acid?
  
  This is the only way I can tolerate KDE.
2. Re:Screenshots by metlin · 2004-10-31 23:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  <flamebait> No, you definitely can't be sober if you're using KDE. </flamebait>
  :-p
3. Re:Screenshots by xxx_Birdman_xxx · 2004-11-01 00:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Gee, imagine being KDE, squeezed onto the gamecube and starting up to present the welcome screen.. must feel like a druken waking up in strange location after a heavy night on the turps...
  
  "Ooohhh.. my head.. that was rough... huh? how the hell did I end up in this place? and where are my correctly coloured pants?"
  
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Well by bburton · 2004-10-31 23:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Well I'm convinced... if KDE can run on a gamecube, it must be better than Gnome.

laugh, its a joke

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1. Re:Well by strider44 · 2004-11-01 00:20 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  that should be "kalls things 'Game Paks' and 'Memory Paks'."
  
  Remember, there is no 'C' in KDE, so there obviously should be no 'C' in the english language either.
2. Re:Well by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-01 00:29 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  > Well I'm convinced... if KDE can run on a
  > gamecube, it must be better than Gnome.
  
  Well KDE can run, but it can't hide.
  
  Gnomes and elves are good at running and hiding. Right now, GNOME chooses not to be seen.
about the shots by sla291 · 2004-10-31 23:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Well, at least, we can say that KDE runs well on black&white TVs :)
First step by Chuck+Chunder · 2004-10-31 23:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Scratch out the "C" and replace it with a "K"

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Correction by tempest303 · 2004-10-31 23:33 · Score: 3, Funny

The story reporter got a link wrong - the screenshot ought to look like this . :-P

(it's funny, laugh.)

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mmmm trippy by D3viL · 2004-10-31 23:35 · Score: 3, Funny

maybe it's just me but I like the fist picture better, or maybe it's just the mushrooms talkin
It's official by Admiral+Justin · 2004-11-01 00:20 · Score: 5, Funny

It's official, Linux does run on everything, toasters, xbox, gamecube, your grandmother, robot cheney...

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Anytime... by BaltikaTroika · 2004-11-01 00:32 · Score: 5, Funny

The first screenshot is what KDE looks like when the Predator is using it.
Re:Practical uses? by NanoGator · 2004-11-01 00:53 · Score: 2, Funny

"Server? What use is a desktop environment on a server?"

So you can administer it without having to memorize a bunch of badly spelt commands?

Perfect? No. Handy? Oh yes. At least if implemented correctly...

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Re:Enquiring minds want to know by Fred+Or+Alive · 2004-11-01 01:07 · Score: 2, Funny

The screenshot simply appears to be a hosed colormap. Mozilla does it to me all the time on KDE, but everything else works fine. Anyone have ideas where and how to fix the colormaps on X?

First, you must edit ~/../etc/foo/config/../x11/./ColMpS/knickers. Then you must kill the X Server with the Holy Spear of St. George, which is hidden behind the great mountains of Esrever. You must defeat many challenges, dragons, trolls and worse, British Rail. After defeating the twelve wizards, and filling in form K23462-D-246, you can then file your tax returns. After receiving second prize at a beauty contest, you will be able to restart the X server and watch it crash because you missed out a ^ on line 587.

I might've missed a few things, I'm sure there's a fiendish and deadly labyrinth somewhere as well, and probably a kernel recompilation as well...

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Re:KDE is heavy by Acidic_Diarrhea · 2004-11-01 01:16 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh okay, let me just call up Nintendo and tell them I need some RAM for my Gamecube.

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Re:What is this kde.fbdump garbage? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-01 01:20 · Score: 2, Funny

"To view it, you've got to run Linux with vesafb, for example. Just "cat kde.fbdump > /dev/fb0". You need to use the right bit depth and resolution for it to work though, and it's not specified."

Reminds me of the saying...

"But Linux IS user friendly. It just is really picky about who its friends with." ;-)
virtual by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-01 01:44 · Score: 3, Funny

So... when do we have the first person claiming to run KDE on a GameCube emulator on his 486-33 MHz? Or runnning a GameCube emulator in the 486-33MHz emulator on the GameCube?

(Cry, I'm serious ;)