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		parl_match 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Notris: A Tetris clone for the PlayStation 1 > Seems like they didn't pursue it in future consoles FWIW, they did: PS2 had an official linux distro, which was intended to be a sequel PS3 had an "other os" mode, which allowed you to run your own, unsigned OS. This was eventually removed in a firmware update, due to piracy.

ronsor 12 months ago [–]

Ironically the removal brought more piracy.

parl_match 12 months ago | [–]

That's not really what the cause of it was, tbh.

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