"We want to give Linux game developers a chance to make some money," said Samuels.
EVO Smart Console
Currently, the development tools are limited to the tools available normally with Fedora, as well as the Crystal Space platform. However, Samuels says he expects to make additional tools available in the future.
Specifications listed for the EVO Smart Console include:
Processor -- AMD Athlon 64x2 5600 clocked at 2.9GHz
Graphics processor -- ATI HD 3200
Memory -- 2GB DDR2
Display -- supports 1080i and 1080p/HDCP resolution; ATI HD 3200 Chipset
Video codecs -- H.564 VC1; MPEG2
Video output -- DVI; HDMI
Storage -- 120GB or 250GB hard drive, plus online cloud storage (10GB free)
Peripherals -- CD/DVD ROM; biometric scanner
Networking -- 2 x 10/100 Ethernet
USB -- 2 x USB 2.0
Dimensions -- 11.8 x 2.6 x 10,7 inches (300 x 65 x 273mm)
Operating system -- Fedora 8 with option to convert to Linux-based Mirrors Evolution distro; virtualized Windows install optional
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Spec seems awesome for it's price. erm.. Why not just buy this cheap setup, stick windoze on it and run normal games? Spec is good enough for that after all.
Good luck to the linux community but until they can manage to actually make money from selling games, it's a dead {crispy} duck. Still, the linux community is finally starting to wake up and this might be the way to give the one-finger-salute to the corporates line Nindendo, Microshite and Phony.
but still if this was out at the same price range as the other next gen consoles it would leave em in the dust providing they can get the games...
Something like this would shake up the industry.. we would bring back the days of the dreamcast.
Developers could develop and sell their games via their own websites.
gamestop would be finished
Its like to throw a naked person into the atlantic.
No chance to survive!
what is this supposed to compete with? That graphics card is really really really slow. The processor is OK, but kinda dated, and not even a gaming processor. It'd be a good system for 2d gaming with minor 3d graphics.