Oooh yeah

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:19 pm

cube:/# cat proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 750CXe (Gekko)
revision : 50.20 (pvr 0008 3214)
bogomips : 968.70
vendor : IBM
machine : Nintendo GameCube
cpu MHz : 486
clock : 486MHz
cache size : 256 KB
bus speed : 162 MHz
mem bus speed : 200 MHz
bus width : 64 bit

cube:/# uname -a
Linux cube 2.6.9-isobel-nbdc6 #1 Tue Nov 16 22:31:58 CET 2004 ppc GNU/Linux

Listening to episode 119 of TLLTS on my GameCube which is running Debian.

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:36 pm

Sweet! how hard was it to set it up on your gamecube? How well does it run? I would set it up if my brother hadn't of sold mine to get an Xbox 360. Bah no we're both unhappy but I still have my compy!

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:42 pm

Nice one Wally!

How fast is it?

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:50 pm

It's pretty slow compared to my P4 that I'm typing this on. I haven't tried running a GUI on it yet, I just got it up and running alittle while ago. I'll let you know what happens.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:12 pm

Wally Balljacker wrote:It's pretty slow compared to my P4 that I'm typing this on. I haven't tried running a GUI on it yet, I just got it up and running alittle while ago. I'll let you know what happens.

Cool, by the way, where do you store stuff? Is it a read-only file system or do you store stuff and log files over the network?

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:29 pm

Tsuroerusu wrote:
Wally Balljacker wrote:It's pretty slow compared to my P4 that I'm typing this on. I haven't tried running a GUI on it yet, I just got it up and running alittle while ago. I'll let you know what happens.
Cool, by the way, where do you store stuff? Is it a read-only file system or do you store stuff and log files over the network?

It's a read-only filesystem, but I can install stuff with apt-get as if I were using a live CD in memory. When I power off the GC, everything I've done will be erased most likely.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:59 pm

Wally Balljacker wrote:It's a read-only filesystem, but I can install stuff with apt-get as if I were using a live CD in memory. When I power off the GC, everything I've done will be erased most likely.

Well, the GameCube's design is actually quite efficient when regards to cooling, because you have direct airflow right through it so it's a quite stable piece of hardware.

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:10 pm

Tsuroerusu wrote:
Wally Balljacker wrote:It's a read-only filesystem, but I can install stuff with apt-get as if I were using a live CD in memory. When I power off the GC, everything I've done will be erased most likely.
Well, the GameCube's design is actually quite efficient when regards to cooling, because you have direct airflow right through it so it's a quite stable piece of hardware.

If you have a Broadband Adapter, and a copy of Phantasy Star Online, you can run Linux on your GC over your LAN. There's also a ton of homebrew, and emulator stuff you can run too.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:25 pm

Wally Balljacker wrote:
Tsuroerusu wrote:
Wally Balljacker wrote:It's a read-only filesystem, but I can install stuff with apt-get as if I were using a live CD in memory. When I power off the GC, everything I've done will be erased most likely.
Well, the GameCube's design is actually quite efficient when regards to cooling, because you have direct airflow right through it so it's a quite stable piece of hardware.
If you have a Broadband Adapter, and a copy of Phantasy Star Online, you can run Linux on your GC over your LAN. There's also a ton of homebrew, and emulator stuff you can run too.

I might have to go out a and dig for a copy of PSO, might be a fun thing to do, too bad that GameCube Linux project never really took off like Xbox-Linux did.