Installing Linux on a PlayStation 2!
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Published 2022-02-04
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Today we're checking out Sony's official Linux kit for the PlayStation 2. It came with almost everything you need to turn your PS2 into a desktop computer!
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction and Overview
05:49 - Setting Up Hardware
09:35 - The Install
16:45 - Messing Around With the GUI
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All Comments (21)
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Imagine running Linux, on a PS2 emulator, in a virtual machine, on a Mac
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There's such a novelty in how antithetical a region locked Linux install is
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This is one of the coolest things I have seen sony do. I wished they still did this kind of things. I am impressed.
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It still shocks me when I look at retro grade hardware how powerful it actually was. Knowing photoshop it is surprising to see the tools gimp provided even back then.
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THE NOSTALGIA HIT ME IN WAVES In Europe, Sony included a version of BASIC with the PS2 called Yabasic, but some stores would also bundle in copies of PS2Linux. This was mainly done to circumvent some taxation (or something along those lines) that the EU had placed on game consoles, and including Yabasic/PS2Linux allowed them to sell the PS2 as a computer making it exempt from that tax. My PS2 was my first truly personal computer as a result, excluding family PCs
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i clicked on this video thinking it was a MattKC video, and here is MJD, I encourage this type of content on this channel. I love to watch MJD and MattKC. I would watch this type of content on this channel anyday of the week.
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The amount of customization is very impressive.
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Those screens bring back so many memories. I started using Linux in 2001 so nearly every install looked like that. WindowMaker had one of the smallest RAM footprints of any GUI.
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I remember watching your POSReady 2009 and Windows FLP videos when you had 5k subscribers, really happy to see how much your channel has grown
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>screen way too green "Let's fix that." >makes screen way too red "Ok perfect."
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PlayStation 2 Linux disc looks cursed, something that shouldn't exist
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Watching ur videos is like going on a adventure and i love it
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I love the PS2 component aesthetic (keyboard, mouse, hard drive, etc.)
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as PlayStation 2, is in fact, GNU/PlayStation 2. The PlayStation 2 is not a device unto itself, but rather another component of a fully functional GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs blah blah blah ed is the standard text editor, real programmers use butterflies edit: please stop taking this seriously lmao
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this video strongly encouraged me to learn linux and then get this and mess around with it this is so cool
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Knowing what you need when formatting the hard drive for a Linux installation. That's why I had purchased a book before I tried installing Ubuntu on my PC. It really helped me a lot with this part.
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Hi from Japan! Japanese keyboards are slightly different from US ones, especially for typing special characters such as backticks and colons. So if you face a problem about it, remember to change keyboard configuration. BTW everything 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 in this time, isn't it rare for your videos? :)
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Idk if it’s mentioned but the reason for the colours being so messed up was because you were using a regular vga monitor. The ps2 outputs sync on green through its RGB mode which many modern monitors don’t support correctly. The fact the green colour signal seemed to be off makes me think it was that. Luckily you could turn it down. Also a few years ago a Scottish YouTuber known as Cameron grey did this but with a European ps2. Might be good to watch as a curiosity
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Finally! Another GREAT video from Michael MJD
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holy shit, a Playstation 2 branded network adapter, external hard drive, keyboard and mouse, this is blowing my mind. The fact that they even had a Linux kit at all absolutely blows my mind, this is insane whatttt
