Is there any new news on PSP Linux?

**the_eternal_dark** · June 13th, 2007, 09:36

I have yet to hear any further developments of Linux on the PSP in a good long while. Are there any further developments?

**parkermauney** · June 14th, 2007, 01:59

I think it was dropped. Wouldn't be very useful, most linux apps/games are open source, and can be ported more efficiently.

**the_eternal_dark** · June 14th, 2007, 11:49

True, but the fact is that it was a brilliant idea to make a PSP version of Linux. Why should the PS2, Xbox, 360, Gamecube, GP2X, and PS3 (and Dreamcast at one time) have Linux and the PSP not?

**dangee** · June 14th, 2007, 13:36

can SUM1 bring me up2 date on the
best s/ware that could run on a PSPLinux

**the_eternal_dark** · June 15th, 2007, 08:59

A faster web browser maybe? More audio/video playback support? WEP/WPA cracking software? Wine? Gaim? The ability to stream media to and from the PSP with WiFi more efficiently without the pimpstreamer or other streaming applications, enabling you to do other processes as well? Apache (lol, very unlikely)?

I'd like to see the PSP be used as a PC (or close to a PC). A firmware replacement rather than loading completely via the memory stick would be most ideal, but hey, I'll take what I can get (but not on the bochs emu, too slow and not very pretty).

There's a bunch of things I could use it for personally....

**dangee** · June 15th, 2007, 20:00

the cracker alone would make a working PSPLinux v. popular..

**parkermauney** · June 15th, 2007, 20:10

WEP/WPA cracking software?

Good luck with that.

A firmware replacement rather than loading completely via the memory stick would be most ideal.

Great for UP.

The only problem would be getting up a working windows system and display manager/desktop environment. (Lack of RAM/Processor speed). Everything would have to be command line based, and be very hard to get about. One of the only ways you could get around is writing a portal for the shell.

**the_eternal_dark** · June 16th, 2007, 06:38

Originally Posted by parkermauney

Good luck with that.

Great for UP.

The only problem would be getting up a working windows system and display manager/desktop environment. (Lack of RAM/Processor speed). Everything would have to be command line based, and be very hard to get about. One of the only ways you could get around is writing a portal for the shell.

Yeah, I wasn't talking about something pretty, just usable. As for the WPA/WEP locker, I don't think it would be that hard to come up with a command line based cracker/scanner.

Also, would there be a way to use part of the memory stick in place of the ram? Such as a specialized formatter/loader or something? The processor isn't really a hindrance.

**F9zDark** · June 16th, 2007, 18:40

I'd like to see Linux on the PSP, but I don't think its going to happen. Its been 'in the works' since nearly the dawn of the PSP homebrew scene and yet its still not out...