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Cameron Kaiser's Dusted-off Dreamcast Linux Brings Some Neat Tweaks to Sega’s Ill-Fated Console (UPDATED)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 21, 2023,

updated Feb 21, 2023

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Vintage computing enthusiast Cameron Kaiser has turned a modern eye on an unusual operating system for a beloved but somewhat rare gadget: Dreamcast Linux, running on Sega's ill-fated — and final — 1998 games console.

"Dreamcast Linux has something to teach later Johnny-come-latelies with a distro surprisingly well-adapted to its target platform," Kaiser writes of his love for the operating system, "support for many peripherals, and an all-in-one batteries-included philosophy. Plus, it was one of the earliest Un*xy things for game consoles circa 2001, predating PlayStation 2 Linux by about a year or so, though PS2 Linux was at least Sony-official. (While at least one Linux purports to run on an O.G. PlayStation, this was a later development.)"

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Dusting off Dreamcast Linux

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> But jokes aside, Dreamcast Linux has something to teach later Johnny-come-latelies with a distro surprisingly well-adapted to its target platform, support for many peripherals, and an all-in-one batteries-included philosophy. Plus, it was one of the earliest Un*xy things for game consoles circa 2001, predating PlayStation 2 Linux by about a year or so, though PS2 Linux was at least Sony-official. (While at least one Linux purports to run on an O.G. PlayStation, this was a slightly later development.)

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