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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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  2. Well by elid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How long until they can get it working with the touch screen as a text input device in Linux? That would be really amazing.

    1. Re:Well by Janitha · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The familiar linux project mainly aims at the arm processors, but they are slowly but steadily perfective the art of linux on the handtop, and I specially like the few on-screen keyboards, and the handwrite recognition apps they had included. A port of the familar distro (http://familiar.handhelds.org/) would be very nice to see on the DS.

  3. 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

  4. 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. ^_^

    1. Re:That's truly stunning... by mcc · · Score: 5, Interesting
      Let me see here

      A device with
      • A touchscreen
      • An auxiliary screen
      • 802.11
      • For $150
      Find a way to boot off of a flashcart DS cart, and fuck, this sounds like a really good deal to me.
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  5. Linux on a DS? by baryon351 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about OSX on a Gameboy

  6. 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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  7. Not practical? by lostchicken · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, a portable device with a lot of battery power, wireless, two screens and a touchscreen input running a general purpose operating system that's relatively inexpensive and that many of us already have couldn't possibly be practical...

    I'd never want my GameBoy to replace my palmpilot...

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  8. Troubling... by Sheetrock · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's a great technical achievement, but I'm concerned it will be turned to piracy uses eventually.

    It would be nice if console developers would release or permit to be released an official version of Linux for their platforms so that hardware and software exploits didn't need to be used.

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  9. Netstumbler? by mooosenix · · Score: 5, Informative
    How long until Netstumbler? A really long time, since it is closed source and a Windows application.

    Kismet? Definately! I would love to see that. Kismet on a DS would rock.

  10. 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."

  11. Why not Kismet? by shakezula · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It'd make more sense to wonder about Kismet. Netstumbler is a Win32 app, no Linux port to speak of, and it's not open source.

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

    that a gameboy emulator will compile on this?

    oh.. wait..

    1. Re:any chance by Viper_Viper · · Score: 5, Informative

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be very usefull since the NDS does not play original gameboy games.

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

    I covered this on my blog earlier today!

    I can't believe I missed it!