Linux for the Sega MegaDrive
HardwareLust
61 points
8 comments
June 29, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/29/its-linux-on-a-sega-megadriv...
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
HardwareLust
Original title: It’s Linux, On A Sega Megadrive
bitwize
Absolutely nuts and squirrels. Then again, I did know that the Mega Drive's CPU loadout (68000 and Z80) is the same as the first Unix machine I ever used (a TRS-80 Model 16), so running some form of Unix on it was therefore, theoretically, possible...
aussieguy1234
It runs Doom, now it runs Linux