StarDestroyer.Net BBS

They've got the 2.6 kernel (with framebuffer support), Sash shell, the DSLinux logo on the bottom screen, and playable text adventure games running. Whoohoo. Now all we need is TinyX to run, then some PDA GUI like Matchbox on that...and we've got a PDA...


http://dslinux.org/

Exactly what benefit is their to putting linux on gaming systems? Ive heard of people putting it on Xbox too and whats the point of it?

When seXboxes came out they were pretty good PCs: linux them up and use them as terminals, firewall boxes, media streamers, etc.

The DS, on the other hand, will be the best shit ever if it gets PDA functionality. Even better with PROPER wireless. Cause right now, Nintendo dropped the launch and it's a waste of money.

On the XBox it basicly turns the XBox into a complete desktop PC. Hook up a keyboard and mouse via adapter and you've got a PC with a hard drive, 733 MHz P3 processor, and 64 MB of RAM. It can be used as a super cheap web server, or all kinds of stuff.

For the DS, when completed, it will turn the DS into a full fledged PDA. And you can switch to a DS game at any point.

I'm especially excited about the possibility of emulation. Emulation of NES, SNES, GB, and possibly Genesis and Game Gear games. I'm fairly sure Linux emulators exist for all of them. That'd be absolutely sweet.


EDIT: On the topic of DS wireless...good part, it's standard 802.11b hardware, it's just missing a TCP/IP implementation. That can be done in the software. Bad part, is that its Broadcom chips, some of which don't have Linux drivers. I can only hope

Fortunately Nintendo has announced a whopping 25 online DS games in development so I'm happy

EDIT 2: Woah. I found a recently released homebrew DS application that includes Minesweeper and a dsPaint program that looks very cool, the guy drew some very well done images. Gives an example of what DSLinux could do. The scary part? The application is called...
DarkStar.

very nice

this will definatly be a thing to get when it's complete for my coming DS....

thanks for the updates Praxis

Doesn't Nintendo have some PDA software for the DS coming out soon anyway? I know they licensed something from Palm a while back, but they didn't elaborate on exactly what they were doing with it at E3.

While the thread has dropped off the list, I figure I'd just bump this back up than creating a whole new thread...



Touchscreen keyboard is functional

Gah, CLI on touchscreen...

Any idea if there's going to be a web-browser put onto the DS? Official or DSLinux?