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The leapfrog leappad used to run linux. People were able to hack them in order to run full on operating systems, by rooting their children's learning toy
You still can. Not only that, you can install emulators and Retroarch, the thing is capable of running consoles up through PS1 games, though the button mapping for most games is a bit awkward.
Also !sbcgaming if you're into that sort of thing.
I loved that thing as a kid, I'd completely forgotten about it!'.