One question - can you still play games on these things afterwards? I am not very educated about the gaming platforms, but when you play a game is it just a bootable CD or some such thing? Or is the OS for gaming embedded into the ps2?
Shannon On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 12:22, Douglas Adams wrote: > No problem, now they just have to release it. Reports speculate that it > will be available between this month and May. > > Also, they do use an older version of the kernel, but from what I > understand, you can compile your own kernel, and with a decent sized > community (sony reports 28,000 requests), I suspect someone can hack > something together with a newer kernel. Did I mention this thing comes > with Samba and NFS? I can make my ps2 a server on my home network. > That's insane. > > On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 08:10, John Hebert wrote: > > Very cool! Would you mind demoing it at a future meeting? > > > > John Hebert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Douglas Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:45 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [brluglist] linux in your living room > > > > > > > > > Judging from the demographics of this group, I doubt that too many of > > > you have playstation 2's. But I do, and I stay on top of my > > > game. Sony > > > is releasing a linux kit for the ps2 that includes a vga > > > adapter, a usb > > > keyboard and mouse, an internal 40 gig drive with an ethernet card > > > (japanese have to use the external one shown in screenshots, > > > if you have > > > access to an american ps2, open up the expansion slot, that's a hard > > > drive bay my friend), and specialized linux distro for the ps2. > > > > > > I'm on the mailing list and will be purchasing it as soon as it's made > > > available. The beta is available in japan now. > > > > > > Here's a link, check out the faq if you'd like. > > > http://playstation2-linux.com/ > > > > > > Also, lots of people have expressed concern about it only being > > > compatible on with a computer monitor. All you have to do is > > > boot with > > > a vesa monitor the first time, and from there, you can configure it to > > > use your tv for a display. > > > > > > Woohoo, now I can mount my 8 meg memory card as a partition and store > > > data on it, life has never been so exciting. > > > -- > > > "Be true to yourself and you will never fall" - Beastie Boys > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > -- > "Be true to yourself and you will never fall" - Beastie Boys > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ -- __________________________________________________________________ Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
