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Xbox Runs Its First Legal Homebrew App

Posted by timothy on from the splashscreen-with-penguin dept.

PineGreen writes: "As Michael Steil, the Xbox Linux project leader says:'On the Xbox Linux website, you can download "linuxpreview," an application that runs on modded Xboxes and is completeley legal, because the XDK was not used for development, and it does not contain any Microsoft code.'. See the X-box logo and Tux on the same screen. More information here."

2 of 350 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Price comparision by ceejayoz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    loses money, but gains market share, which makes them more money in the long run...

    Anyways, with ten billion a year in profits, this hardly makes a dent, even if all the Slashdotters in the world bought one

  2. Re:Bill still goes to the bank by Raster+Burn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't know how this is a "troll." So much for the power of the purse, we're helping Microsoft!