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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."
Pentium III ? More likely Celery^Hon according to this screenshot...
That's exactly what I thought too, I mean, other than that I don't think they'd do that kind of thing on the official page or anything. But, check out this video: http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/pic/xbox-linux2. avi, it's 1:34 minutes long, encoding in DivX 5/mp3 and it shows him setting it up and booting up. Putting the cords in and everything. Fairly Convincing.
Different that other security measures, this one is intended on stopping the user, owner of the machine, to do with it as it pleases him.
Anyway, google, and the paper.
To all those people who think buying an Xbox and running Linux is good because it causes Microsoft to loose money, your better off not buying an Xbox. Microsoft has already taken a loss on those nice shiny new Xboxes that you see in the stores. By buying them you are helping Microsoft recoup $200. If you don't buy the Xbox then Microsoft is out an additional $200.
And if you want to keep Microsoft out of the console market your better off buying a Playstation 2 and some games. Building up Sony's market share is more likely to keep Microsoft from making an Xbox2 then Linux Xbox. Of course , Sony's business practices aren't much better then Microsoft, but that is going way off topic.
The processor doesn't need to be emulated, but the API's can. Think wine.
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xbox linux is ILLEGAL software. The developers have broken microsofts encryption to run their own ILLEGAL unlicenced software. This is a violation of the DMCA, and you could be SUED.
Who gives a flying fuck anyway? BTW, Microsoft seems to be passive about 'hack the box' issues so far(from the net hack for Halo to Linux)...maybe they want xbox to get some more attention in the news?
If Microsoft wanted to, they would have sent the Bill Gates Swat Team and stormed their ass down already.
cool thing about those monitors always was the dual RCA inputs ... and the toogle .. very nice design.
members are seeing something, your seeing an ad
And how close is Bush to shutting down Bin Laden after a year?
He's probably dead right now. Do you know for sure otherwise?
This doesn't change the point that the Sudanese offered Bin Laden to Clinton three times and he turned them down each time!
They begged for him to take Bin Laden, and Clinton did nothing, because it wasn't popular. That's Clinton's legacy. Nothing will change the fact that Bill Clinton is solely responsible for the worst terroist attack in American history.
Go ahead, try to spin it. The truth remains.
Shenmue II was released on the Dreamcast in Europe. You can either import it and use a boot disk (freely available at a number of sites, www.dcemulation.com being one of them), or download a pre-cracked version (although 4 CDs will prolly take you a long time on a p2p network).
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Pentium III ? More likely Celery^Hon according to this screenshot...
Actually the Xbox CPU is neither a P-III nor a Celeron, but something inbetween. It has only 128KB of L2 cache (like a Celeron, a real P-III has 256KB), but that cache is 8-way set associative (like a real P-III, a Celeron only has 4-way set associative cache).
To have a brute forced key would allow for signed applications to run on the platform. This would increase interoperability. There is an exception clause in the DMCA that allows for this.
Please read the Act.
Chapter 12
Section 1201
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), a person who has lawfully obtained the right to use a copy of a computer program may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a particular portion of that program for the sole purpose of identifying and analyzing those elements of the program that are necessary to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, and that have not previously been readily available to the person engaging in the circumvention, to the extent any such acts of identification and analysis do not constitute infringement under this title.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a)(2) and (b), a person may develop and employ technological means to circumvent a technological measure, or to circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure, in order to enable the identification and analysis under paragraph (1), or for the purpose of enabling interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, if such means are necessary to achieve such interoperability, to the extent that doing so does not constitute infringement under this title.
Yes, because the PS2-linux system supports accelerated 3D graphics. The XBox might too, in a while.
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