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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....
      --RickTheWizKid

    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. 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."

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

    that a gameboy emulator will compile on this?

    oh.. wait..

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

    Better: In Soviet Russia, Nintendo DS touches YOU!

  10. 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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  11. Re:Well by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, put one on each screen.

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

    I covered this on my blog earlier today!

    I can't believe I missed it!