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When Sony Turned the PS2 Into a Linux PC

When Sony Turned the PS2 Into a Linux PC

How PlayStation Embraced Open Hardware, Then Quietly Shut It Down

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Jun 29, 2025
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At the turn of the millennium, Linux was having its moment.

What began as a grassroots operating system was suddenly being hyped as the future of open computing.

In the middle of this wave, Sony saw an opportunity. Not just to ride the trend, but to rewrite the rules.

The result was a strange, ambitious experiment that tried to bridge two worlds. And for a brief moment, it almost worked.

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