http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/ Engadget Comments for PSPLinux project http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
Otherwise, I'm pretty bored with the need to put linux on every new device that comes out.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
(not the I-will-rape-you-verbally-for-using-something-else kind though)

Jokes aside, where's the zealotry in thinking "oh, it would be cool to run linux on that, maybe even useful"? It's not like they're forcing you to use it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
I get the feeling that the PSP will go the same way. Are there any video formats which the PSP can't support? If so, then a Linux will be a big hit... but if someone knows how to hack it to boot Linux, someone else will know how to hack it to run a custom native build of MPlayer, and that would be better.

(Side-note... development for the PS2 is performed on Linux according to a PS2 developer friend, so development on the PSP probably is also. Does this mean a Linux on the PSP will let you develop PSP games on the PSP? j/k)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/ "You all are as bad as the Japanese and their toilets."

Yep...those crazy Japanese. Imagine...trying to make a sanitation appliance more... sanitary...and overall more useful for improving health and hygiene while doing so more efficiently.

ANARCHISTS!

Seriously though, I see where you're comming from 'Donald'. I too am querulous about the linux communities aparent need to have every free floating electron pass through a device running linux (even though I follow some of the ongoing projects progress myself). And yes, if you're a reader of multiple blog or tech news groups (especialy /. ) the linux rhetoric can be rather think to wade through.

But IMHO, so long as the Japanese don't try to install a camera or a lyposuction machine or a respirator in/on MY toilet (this being said by someone with about 50 pics of various different kinds of toilets in Japan that I've encountered), and the linux zealots don't try to overwrite MY OS of choice with the latest 'distro' of Linspire...where's the harm ?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Too bad it hasn't got that DS touchscreen, would be awesome to do some portable sketching in the GIMP :)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
PSP Linux with Firefox, using WiFi would be awesome. Use PSP analog stick as the mouse, and one of the buttons to click... dream come true.

And no telcos charging me crazy recurring fees.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
On a related note, can software be run off of the memory sticks? Could a community be built for downloadable programs for the PSP as is? If not, that is definitely a reason to get Linux onto it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
so does the iTunes hack..

what a bunch of neato cool dudes]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
In a few hours microsoft will give a private conference about the future of X-Box.
Some people have said that Microsoft is going to demostrate a handheld option of the Xenon!!
I think a Xbox portable is gonna blow the PSP away for sure!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/"Only a small majourity is qualified for the project"
...I hope the "big minority" isn't too sad they didn't get involved
:)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
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This is one of the better Linux-on-toaster ideas that has come around, this would be a genuine advantage for a very capable machine.

Just sort out a decent interface you loons! If I see KDE on that thing, I'm going to throw it at a wall!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
now wait a minute... there is an Airport Base Station version of Linux out there. and it has no hard drive... no display... and only built-in on-board memory. so they aren't even really needing *that* much hardware to want to put Linux on it.

in my opinion... it's cool (i guess) to try and port an OS to as many different platforms as possible... just because you can. but more time could really be spent on making the desktop Linux realistically viable than putting Linux on every piece of hardware ever released. it's representative of a lack of focus in some ways that will eventually just keep Linux a hobbyist OS. which is dumb... cause it has the capability of being taken much more seriously by the everyman mainstream society.

that said... a PSP version of Linux loaded up with a ton of emulators would be totally cool. and maybe support for a USB keyboard would be good too.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
Back to the topic...which im not sure of. Is it yelling at the people who are porting linux to the PSP? or actually putting linux on a PSP?

For the first topic, why would you make fun of people who want to do somthing? Seriously, if you want windows, then port it yourself... You shouldn't get angry cuz people are active in a community.

Second topic: Linux on a PSP would be pretty awesome. When sony releases a usb keyboard, or any 3rd company does, a Linux distro would be sweet. Keep up the good work!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
I'd love to see what new exciting things the reverse engineering will reveal about this beautiful piece of hardware. Surely, Sony didn't give away ALL its secrets when they released this thing. (I'm thinking along the lines of the mic in the iPod's earbud--an asset Apple didn't really openly say the iPod had.) So we'll see. Hack away, folks, and make the few and enlightened happy in the process.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
The main reason I might want PSP linux is that I could have irc, aim, and ssh on my PSP without having to do it through a website. I wouldn't sacrifice my game playing ability for that though, but it might be worth it for others.

Good luck PSP linux!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
I like new games and all, but the classics are just too great to be ignored. Chrono Trigger on PSP? Maybe even a Playstation Emulator, where you could play Final Fantasy anywhere you went? The sky's the limit!

Well, at least, the hardware's the limit...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/30/psplinux-project/
I home this effort is not dead....



X.

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We must keep hope Alive!!!]]>Jan 4th 2006 11:30AM