Playstation 2 Linux
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The Playstation 2 is rather underpowered as a generalpurpose Linux ... There are some notable supercomputer projects using clusters of PS2's running ...
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Playstation 2 LinuxPage 1Playstation 2 LinuxTable of contents1PS2/Linux........................ .......................................... .......................................... .............. 2Copyright 20032007 Technicat LLC All rights reserved.Page 2Linux distributions include Knoppix SUSE and Debian.Resources include Linux.org and the Linux Documentation Project1. PS2/LinuxThe Playstation 2 is rather underpowered as a generalpurpose Linux machine but it doesallow you to write code that takes advantage of the unique hardware e.g. the vectorprocessors. There are some notable supercomputer projects using clusters of PS2's runningLinux.Besides material on the PS2 Linux Community site the following sites have information onusing and programming the Playstation 2 Linux kit. Playstation 2 Linux Games Programming Playstation 2 Linux Kit Tutorial PSynergyThere is also an alternative Playstation 2 Linux distribution called Black Rhino.I thought I might do something interesting with the kit but as a PS2/Linux developer I didn'tdo much beyond compiling some standard Linux programs for the Compiled for YourConvenience project.XEmacs 21.4.14Once it's been untarred you can run xemacs inplace by executing src/xemacs. Invoke makeinstall as root to install xemacs for everyone.See XEmacs Installation page for moreinstructions including how to install the optionalXEmacs packages. See xemacs.org for generalinfo.Python 2.2.3Run python in place from the untarred directoryor invoke make install as root to installpython for everyone. Note that ps2 linux alreadyhas an rpmpackaged python. See python.orgfor general info.libpng 1.2.5Once it's been untarred invoke make installas root. Note that ps2 linux already has anrpmpackaged libpng. See libpng.org for generalinfo.Table 1: CFYCSony support for the Linux kit appears to be waning and the community site seems to attracta large number of people who barely know anything PC's much less Linux yet wantPlaystation 2 LinuxPage 2Copyright 200320 ...
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