BBC News reports that the Linux for Playstation kit is now available in the UK . . .

“Sony has started taking UK orders for a kit to turn the Playstation 2 games console into a computer running the Linux operating system . . .”

” . . . allows games developers to gain experience in programming the console and hobbyists to experiment with Linux on relatively inexpensive hardware . . . “

” . . . The kit has gone down well in Sony's domestic market in Japan, so the company is now making it more widely available . . . “

” . . . Efforts are under way to make Linux run on Microsoft's new Xbox console, too . . . “

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