Linux on your PS2!
Posted by @ 7:36 AM, EST
Sony announced today that it is set to release "Linux (for PlayStation 2)", targeted toward the Linux development community in North America.
Here’s a bit of the press release:
Designed as a hobbyist development environment, users can not only run the wide variety of computer applications written for the Linux operating system, but also create original programs and applications designed to run on "Linux (for PlayStation 2)."Full press release
The "Linux (for PlayStation 2)" Release 1.0 kit includes:
-- Internal hard disk drive for PlayStation 2 (HDD) with 40 GB capacity
-- Network Adaptor (Ethernet) (for PlayStation 2) with 100 Base T Ethernet interface
-- Linux Kernel version 2.2.1 (with USB device support)
-- "Linux (for PlayStation 2)" Version 1.0 software distribution on two DVDs
-- gcc 2.95.2 and glibc 2.2.2 with VU assemblers
-- XFree86 3.3.6 with PlayStation 2 GS support
-- Computer monitor adaptor (for PlayStation 2) (with audio connectors)
-- USB Keyboard and mouse (for PlayStation 2)
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| Name: max, E-mail: , Date: Wednesday, February, 13 2002 5:57 P.M. ip: 206.49.102.25 | |
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| THATS aMAZIN | |
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| Name: Jon, E-mail: , Date: Thursday, January, 31 2002 04:55 A.M. ip: 129.44.122.111 | |
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| NICE... how about some company release the VGA cable on it's own.. I would like to see if it's any better than my VGA Box's quality.. how could it not be... | |