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Linux on Nintendo DS, Update
fdevliegher writes "Trying to port Linux to various portable devices is hot nowadays. One project is porting Linux to the Nintendo DS, and is making big progress lately. Right after the DSLinux guys had a working bootable 2.6 kernel, they have put lots of effort in making the sash shell work, in which they also succeeded. The latest feature added is the touchscreen keyboard. It allows users to tap in the commands, providing a much easier input method than before (when only the buttons could be used to input text). Only the basics are being worked on for now, but the future uses of Linux on the Nintendo DS are practically unlimited. In other words, it might become a cheap alternative for a PDA, an emulator, movie viewer, maybe even internet browser, who knows."
Linux for NES
...thus spoke the waffle. and thus it was so.
Trying to port Linux to various portable devices is hot nowadays.
So hot. You should see the look on my girlfriend's face when I tell her, "Time to compile the kernel on this bad boy."
Gets 'em every time, baby.
If it computes it could run Linux
If it computes it does run NetBSD. (of course)
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
Because you love annoying everyone around you by talking to your damn PDA? Or because you love giving anyone nearby buisness data and contact information of all your friends?
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
The Nintendo DS is the perfect platform for playing Nethack. It's dual screen means that all of the various nethack commands and options can be put on the bottom touch screen (perhaps even stats), while the top can be left exclusivly for the game display. That it is a portable platform means that you can play Nethack anywhere (important to the millions additcted to the game...)
I understand that simply having Linux on the DS doesn't mean Nethack would be trivial to port, but it is a step in the right direction IMHO. I'm holding my breath.
I am not interested in articles about life extension advancements.
Shut up.
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Death and danger are my various breads and various butters.
What has linux on the xbox turned into?
This.