[Gllug] Playstation 2 Linux

[Tethys]

"Ian Scott" writes:

>Anyone have any experience of using linux on the PS2.

Yep. It works fine, but it was essentially abandoned by Sony shortly
after release, and is very dated. The official PS2 Linux kit runs a
2.2 kernel, and is based on RH5.2. There are third party distributions,
including a Debian based one (Black Rhino), but Sony essentially screwed
them over by pulling the plug on getting it through the approvals process.
It's still available as a downloadable distribution, but hasn't been
updated in a couple of years.

The PS2 makes a reasonable Linux device for simple tasks (web browsing[1],
email, firewalling, etc.), but don't expect to do anything too demanding
with it.

>Does anyone know how well it works on a normal PAL TV - is it useable like
>this?

No idea. Mine has a monitor atatched. Sorry.

Tet

[1] And indeed web serving.
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