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Kernel, Shell Boots on DS Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pokemon-and-penguins dept.

mrseigen writes "According to dslinux.org, the Linux kernel successfully boots on the Nintendo DS along with a simple shell, sash. Input is done via the d-pad. How long until Netstumbler?" While maybe not the most practical platform, it's impressive on its technical merit.

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  1. Netstumbler? by Fjornir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not netstumbler. I wanna see some tux racer.

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    1. Re:Netstumbler? by Trejkaz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only it's on the DS, so it has to be called "Touch Racer" instead to comply with marketing requirements for DS games.

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    2. Re:Netstumbler? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sure to make it a hit at Neverland...

  2. Where's Waldo? by SpartanVII · · Score: 5, Funny

    All that trouble and you can't get a nice boot screen of Tux? What's the point? :P

  3. That's truly stunning... by tattoi.nobori · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only for the technical accomplishment, but for the sheer, "why?" factor...

    Rock on, I guess. ^_^

  4. Linux on a DS? by baryon351 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about OSX on a Gameboy

  5. D-Pad by doubtless · · Score: 5, Funny

    Input is done via the d-pad.

    What happen when I want to use the other 25 characters? This makes an interesting login/password combo

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    1. Re:D-Pad by taffer1979 · · Score: 4, Funny

      You know someone will use up up down down left right left right start as their password.

    2. Re:D-Pad by rickthewizkid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well... the root password COULD be "UP,. UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, START" --- of course, any Nintendo player that grew up with the NES and SNES would know that since you have the L and R buttons , you would have to use them in place of the LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT or else your DS will self destruct....

      Yes, I played WAY too many video games as a kid...

      Just my Konami-Code's worth....
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    3. Re:D-Pad by PhotoGuy · · Score: 3, Funny
      You know someone will use up up down down left right left right start as their password.

      Hey! That's my luggage combination!

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  6. pfft. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "While maybe not the most practical platform"

    Meanwhile you guys post every psp "hack" with glee.

    Go fuck yourselves. Same goes to anyone else who posts "why oh why" in this thread. I hope you all choke on your PSPs.

  7. And what do his friends have to say? by Pollux · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey man, check it out! I just got Linux to boot on my DS!"

    "Duh, where's Mario?"

    "Forget Mario! Linux boots!"

    "What's Linux?"

    "It's an operating system, you know, like Windows and junk, but I got it to run on the DS!"

    "Does Linux play Mario?"

    "No, Linux does not play Mario! But it can do so much more!"

    "But it can't play Mario. What a geek."

  8. any chance by squidsoup · · Score: 5, Funny

    that a gameboy emulator will compile on this?

    oh.. wait..

  9. Oh Boy! by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    Now I'll be able to play NetHack on a DS!

    or maybe I should just stick to playing it on a linux pda and stop throwing money away...

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  10. Obligatory by lheal · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine a landfill full of these.

    Oh, that's not right ... what is that line? Beowulf cluster, that's it.

    Imagine a landfill full of Beowulf clusters of these.

    Still not the right ring to it.

    In Soviet Korea, only old people play Nintendo.

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  11. Re:Obligatory quote... by Doomstalk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Better: In Soviet Russia, Nintendo DS touches YOU!

  12. Re:The "why"... by Storlek · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm guessing because it hasn't been done before.

    What, running Linux on some weird piece of hardware? Yeah, no one's ever done that.

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  13. Re:Yuo forgot the B A by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    that's for 2 players

  14. Re:Obligatory quote... by macaulay805 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Better: In Soviet Russia, Nintendo DS touches YOU!

    Is this an example of why reverse engineering is illegal in the USA?

  15. yes, but.... by codergeek42 · · Score: 1, Funny

    does it run Linux?

  16. Re:The "why"... by Feztaa · · Score: 2, Funny

    235,523th

    Ah, the two hundred and thirty five thousand, five hundred and twenty thirth, eh?

    I only mention it because I actually wrote something similar recently and I thought the word "twenty thirth" was pretty funny ;)

  17. Re:Troubling... by antizeus · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm concerned it will be turned to piracy uses eventually.
    Maybe I'm just not clever enough, but I don't see what use a DS running Linux would be when committing robbery on the high seas.
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  18. Re:Well by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, put one on each screen.

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  19. Re:Thats cool by Captain_Chaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I covered this on my blog earlier today!

    I can't believe I missed it!