When Sony shipped a Linux kit for the PlayStation 2 in Japan last summer, it started a determined uprising - some 22,000 freeware fans worldwide demanded to see the adapter in their region. A year later, Sony is giving the people what they want. The US version makes the PS2 function like a desktop PC and enables users to develop graphics-driven apps and games. The $199 kit includes a 40-gig internal hard drive, an Ethernet adapter, a keyboard, and a mouse. Don't fret about a lack of content in the first few months of release - most existing Linux programs can be ported to the PS2, and there's already a thriving Web community (www.playstation2-linux.com) devoted to homegrown software.
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Virtually New York
Eye Gloss
Rinse 'n' Read
Read Me
Fighting Fire
Cyberman
Tadpole
Armitage: Dual-Matrix
Next-Gen Multiplayer Online Games
Stunt Driving From the Sofa
Turn Your PS2 Into a PC
Puppet Master
Sim Studio
Audiovent Studio
Julia Fordham
The Makers
Fetish
Setting Up Base
Instant Readouts
On-the-Fly Typing
Char Warriors
Good-Bye CD Towers
Covert IM Services
