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Xbox Runs X, KDE, Gnome, StarOffice and Tuxracer
freax writes "Today in the the xbox-linux mailinglist:
I'm typing this into KMail using a USB keybaord (and a USB mouse) in front of the TV connected to the Xbox. ... and even StarOffice works quite fine. TuxRacer also runs (look at the new screenhots on the website), but only with one frame per second.
Check out screenshots here."
Just like the PS2! Dumbass.
There is no longer anything that can be done with computers that is nontrivial and clearly legal. -- Paul Phillips
Go loss leader! I didn't really need another PC, but if me buying an xbox to use as a PC costs Microsoft money, then I guess I can find some use for it.
Check this out.
Some choice quotes:
Where was the idea to xbox-linux born?
To run unsiged code on the Xbox, wouldn't it be enough to write a boot loader, make someone with the SDK sign it and spread it on the internet?
Is your project illegal? Doesn't forbid the DMCA all this?
No, you're loathed for being egotistical and trying to run the rest of the planet in hypocritical fasion.
What has .au done recently? East Timor. Where the fuck was the rest of the world then?
The Imperial system is actually standardized. There are set conversions from metric to imperial. Besides, it's only civilians here that use the imperial system; government, companies, and academia converted ages ago.
Try visiting a decent country sometime where everyone uses the same measurement....
So we're just supposed to let the Isrealis get slaughtered, like you pussy European types do. Fuck you. They have the right not to get blown up while eating lunch too you know.
Well considering that you idiots put them there in the first place and completely destroyed the balance of power in that area....
Probably because the Muslims already found a better way to conqueror you Europeans types. It's called outbreeding.
Holy crap. Did your Klan Khief tell you that?
Also, let's see. American National Guard is part of our military.
And don't those damn, dirty Kent State hippies know it?! Wonder how many Bush offed?
What have you Austrailians done recently? Mick Dundee movies? Fosters?
Hey, at least my country didn't make those Police Academy movies.
Sigh. Whatever. Trying to run the world... yet not expanding our borders in how long now? 50 years? Try again.
Try not being so naive. It turns out that military and/or economic pressure can be a pretty effective tool for making sure you get your way in any country no matter where the geographical borders lie.
Go ahead, call me a communist. It'll make you feel better. Better yet... call me a communist, slap a trade emargo on me, invade me, install and heavily arm a government that's more friendly to multinational investment, remove minimum wages (an unholy restriction on free trade) then replace the sustenance crops with cash crops for export (who needs to eat anyway?). Go on, it'll feel sooooooo good.
If you think you can do better, create your own superpower.
We're on the case.