I’m currently using the PS2 I got back at launch as my daily driver, but I’m very wary of capacitors going bad and the laser getting tired, so I’m in the market for another system without as much sentimental value to run an SSD in and possibly reshell. I’ve got freemcboot on my system atm but without an internal hard drive the USB speeds are woeful for gaming. Worse than disc loading sometimes. I’ll hopefully start diving further in to the homebrew rabbithole once I’ve got that sorted.
I got L and R tattooed on my (correct) thumbs to use as quick reference. They’re incredibly useful.