Re: Linux on your PS2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (xganon) writes: cryptorelevence: a new platform running an inspectable OS http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020130/tc/tech_sony_linux_dc_1.html Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (news - web sites). said on Wednesday it would start selling Linux (news - web sites) operating system kits for Linux programmers around the globe in coming months to allow Linux applications to run on its PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) game console. The consumer electronics giant said it would begin selling disks to install the Linux operating system (OS) on PlayStation 2 and tools to develop Linux applications. The kits will go on sale in Japan in May and in the United Sates and Europe in June. ``Many Linux fans have requested that they would like to execute applications not only on personal computers but also on PlayStation game consoles,'' a Sony spokeswoman said. The kits will cost $188.30 in Japan, $299 in the United States and $215 in Europe. Linux, which competes with Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Windows, is an open-source model and has become a popular master computer program. Sony aims to expand the role of PlayStation as a platform and allow more applications such as word-processing. Sony said the kits also included a internal hard disk drive with 40 gigabytes and USB keyboard and mouse. Sony shares closed down 2.2 percent at 5,790 yen on Wednesday, in line with the benchmark Nikkei (^N225 - news) which ended down 1.3 percent, breaking below the 10,000 yen level for the first time since October 10.
Linux on your PS2
cryptorelevence: a new platform running an inspectable OS http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020130/tc/tech_sony_linux_dc_1.html Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (news - web sites). said on Wednesday it would start selling Linux (news - web sites) operating system kits for Linux programmers around the globe in coming months to allow Linux applications to run on its PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) game console. The consumer electronics giant said it would begin selling disks to install the Linux operating system (OS) on PlayStation 2 and tools to develop Linux applications. The kits will go on sale in Japan in May and in the United Sates and Europe in June. ``Many Linux fans have requested that they would like to execute applications not only on personal computers but also on PlayStation game consoles,'' a Sony spokeswoman said. The kits will cost $188.30 in Japan, $299 in the United States and $215 in Europe. Linux, which competes with Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Windows, is an open-source model and has become a popular master computer program. Sony aims to expand the role of PlayStation as a platform and allow more applications such as word-processing. Sony said the kits also included a internal hard disk drive with 40 gigabytes and USB keyboard and mouse. Sony shares closed down 2.2 percent at 5,790 yen on Wednesday, in line with the benchmark Nikkei (^N225 - news) which ended down 1.3 percent, breaking below the 10,000 yen level for the first time since October 10.
