[Coco] Retro computing and what's worth it...

[John W. Linville]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:44:48PM -0600, Sean wrote:
> There was an official Sony release that allowed a PS2 to run Linux.
> However, according to this Wikipedia entry it might be hard to find.
> Personally I never pursued it.  My PS2 was for games, and I had plenty
> of PCs to run Linux on.  And since I liked the games, I didn't want to
> risk breaking it!
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2
> 
> Modding a PS2 to accept other OSs is a totally different animal.  I'd
> just get the boy an old DOS box if you want him to learn how to use
> command prompts.  Too much modding is required to get a game system to
> do the same stuff as an old PC.

A PS3 is a much easier option for running Linux.  You can install
several different distributions from the standard install media,
including Fedora, YellowDog and doubtless others.  I find it to be
a little slow, but it is usable.

John
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