AllLinuxDevices: xRhino Releases BlackRhino GNU/Linux for Sony PlayStation 2

"xRhino has released version 1.0 of their BlackRhino GNU/Linux distribution for the Sony PlayStation 2 game console. A tools and middleware developer for the PS2, xRhino has been involved with and continues to contribute to the PS2 Linux community.

"BlackRhino GNU/Linux is a port of Debian GNU/Linux to the Sony PlayStation 2 game console. It contains over 1200 software packages; simple games, text editors, compilers, web servers, windowing systems, database systems, graphics packages, mail servers and a variety of other development tools and utilities comprise the extensive toolset. The Debian-based distribution allows a developer to keep their system up-to-date with the latest and greatest Linux software via world-wide software distribution servers. Each software distribution server is updated weekly with the latest, most stable packages from the free software community..."

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