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Postby ToRmEnToR » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:25 pm

this is not a joke.

a PS2 linux kit, will make your PS2 run redhat 6.2.

take a look at these pics

http://playstation2-linux.com/screenshot.jpg
http://playstation2-linux.com/lnxny02_booth.jpg
http://playstation2-linux.com/lnxny2002_close.jpg

for more info , go here
http://playstation2-linux.com/
and here
http://playstation2-linux.com/faq.php

muahmuah, finally, the power of a small super computer at your hands. bruteforcing any1? muahmuah... i heard that some university already plugged a bunch of PS2 together in order to have a cheap super computer...
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Postby Miah » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:27 pm

Or I could install Redhat on the computer I type on...
Oh, silly me, I already have it

And a PS2
Why put RedHat on a PS2??
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Postby Coldfire26 » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:10 pm

PS2 is cheap.
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Postby Phydaux » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:21 pm

Meh! AFAIK it was done on the X-box first. And no-one really likes PS2 do they? :)
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Postby Stewsburntmonkey » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:40 pm

You've been able to run Linux on the PS2 for ever. . .
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Postby Jackmn » Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:30 pm

Ugh, redhat.
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Postby sweaty bob » Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:41 pm

c00l o.0

/me gets ps2 and hits it with brick

YAY!
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Postby TheOmnilord » Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:57 pm

This is not new. I read something about this months ago. Phydaux, it was done on Xbox first. Also, before the Incident That Reduced Me To Using Library Computers, I ran Linux on my PC.
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Postby Stewsburntmonkey » Tue Dec 09, 2003 10:16 pm

Sony released the Linux kit around early February of 2002.
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Postby poortwistedme » Tue Dec 09, 2003 11:19 pm

I want ME to run on my PS2!
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Postby Iris » Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:01 am

Quote: from Stewsburntmonkey on 9:16 pm on Dec. 9, 2003[br]Sony released the Linux kit around early February of 2002.


i thought sony also released a game development kit for the PS before? did that ever materialize?
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Postby Starfyre » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:38 pm

Why Red Hat? Why not SuSE?
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And *why*? If you write a text, you can't even print or email the damn thing!
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Postby Katana Steel » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:47 pm

Quote: from poortwistedme on 11:19 pm on Dec. 9, 2003[br]I want ME to run on my PS2!


Why ever concider taking a WinOS on a PS2.

They Bug the PC enough already
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Postby Coldfire26 » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:51 pm

WinME? why do you want to run WinME on a PC??? its worse than 3.1!
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Postby Jackmn » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:55 pm

Quote: from Starfyre on 1:38 pm on Dec. 10, 2003[br]Why Red Hat? Why not SuSE?
Why not Gentoo?

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