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

[Frank Pittel]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:30:25AM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> 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.

Wouldn't it be easier and possibly cheaper in the long run to go out and
buy a sub five hundred dollar computer and put linux on it?