Xbox Runs Its First Legal Homebrew App

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."

Comments

Re:Needs signing from Microsoft?

[donnacha]

Otherwide, anyone with a DVD-RW could make a copy from a local Blockbuster (or download an ISO off the net but blockbuster is more convinient).

I'll never understand the American fascination with Blockbuster! How is it more convenient to drive down to Blockbuster, pay $5 or whatever it is, drive back home, copy the disc, drive back to Blockbuster to return the movie and then, at long last, drive back home? If you have a decent connection, why not just type in a name into Kazaa Lite and press enter? It's not like you can't do other things during the few hours the download takes.

And all this driving around! If you're going to pirate movies, at least do it in an ecologically sound way.

Bill still goes to the bank

[ToasterTester]

XBox Linux and app's will help sell more X-Box's and Bill takes another bag of money to the bank. Oh I get it, eliminate Windows by helping Gates diversify.