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Linux on Nintendo DS, Update

Posted by timothy on from the make-ready-the-whine-cannon dept.

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."

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  1. COULD IT BE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cool dude!!
    I know how hard it is. I had a fp a few days ago. Congrats!

  3. but the DS screen by NeMon'ess · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is a small 256x192. If it was 320x240 it would've had 50% more pixels.

  4. Re:Emulate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok Mr. Big-Bad BSD boy. How about giving Gentoo a fair shot.

    This recent flame war between Linux and BSD needs to stop now. Look at them both this way; @least they arn't Windows (Which also has it's advantages)

    I love both BSD and Gentoo Linux - and I can stand Windows. I'm glad every true geek isn't as small minded as yourself!

  5. Yay for Nintendo!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nintendo is always right and I do whatever they say and buy whatever they make.

    Yay for Nintendo!

    Nintendo is the only company that understands me as a gamer and they give me what I want. At least, that's what they tell me.

    Yay for Nintendo!

    All I want is for my console to play Mario games in low resolution with no online play. Why can't MS and Sony see this is what all gamers want? Only Nintendo makes good, innovative games. Every FPS or RTS is crap. Innovation is Mario having a water pack.

    Yay for Nintendo!

    There were no games released for the Gamecube in April. Third party support is going great on the Gamecube! Everyone wants to develop for the Revolution.

    Yay for Nintendo!

    Nintendo's market share has not declined dramatically from SNES to N64 to the Gamecube. This will change with the Revolution.

    Yay for Nintendo!

    Nintendo will ship Ultra Mario Bros. a whole 18 months after system launch. Ultra Mario Bros. will feature Mario wearing wearing toasters instead of shoes. Nobody born prior to 1993 will like the game. (Except for us)

    Yay for Nintendo!