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Random trivia: The PS2 Linux was purely for tax evasion. EU had a higher tax rate for "gaming computers" than "generic computers" so Sony slapped Linux on the
by theshrike79 1y ago
Random trivia: The PS2 Linux was purely for tax evasion.
EU had a higher tax rate for "gaming computers" than "generic computers" so Sony slapped Linux on the console to get better profits.
- frou_dh 1y agoGood example of being confidently wrong. You are thinking of the little Basic interpreter that was on the pack-in consumer demo disc. Not the Linux Kit which was a very real initiative and had universities involved. We were using them in a big dedicated lab.
- pjmlp 1y agoNot at all, you're mixing up with YA BASIC, that came with PS 2 demo disc. People that weren't there keep mixing channels on this one. To acquire PS2 Linux, you had to pay additionally 300 euros for the Linux distribution, the PS2 hard disk, and cables that would only work in monitors using sync on green signal. Initially the price was much higher, and got reduced to around 300 in 2004.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoActually I think PS2 Linux was made so saddam Hussein could build a Beowulf cluster of PS2s
- spooky_deep 1y agoYou mean PS3 Linux?