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XBox Linux HOWTOs
killmenow writes "Following up this slashdot story from a few days ago, today The Register is reporting that the XBox Linux folks have released a HOWTO for getting SuSE 8.0 running. Cool...I may have to go buy an X-Box now." There's also a HOWTO for Debian if that's your style. All of these require an XBox with modified hardware... There's also a story about the XBox online gaming service that implies Microsoft will be scanning your machine to make sure you haven't modified it, but we can't link to it since silicon.com has some sort of stupid registration requirement. Anyone find the story elsewhere? Ah, News.com has a story about XBox Live.
but to do anything with this I would really need a WHYTO.
sulli
RTFJ.
You'll eventually cave and will buy an X-box game. Its like a little kid dipping into the cookie jar even though its naughty.
Now I have linux on my XBox.
It was cool bringing a BASH prompt.
But now I really wanna play some Halo, but I can't?
It really sucks. I bought it for a gaming console, and now its just like a computer...
1. Install Linux on XBox
2. ???
3. Profit!
Linux on the X-Box? Suuuuure, next some high up at Microsoft will admit that windows isnt secure, or that someone landed on the "moon"...
:P
humor folks, enjoy it
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
These general purpose computers are trapped inside a console, but they're capable of so much more. They're like the people in The Matrix that are turned into batteries. The xbox-linux people are like the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar. They're trying to free the souls that are enslaved in each x-box.
Two points, really. First, you could see this one coming miles away. Microsoft controls all the cards. They control the hardware you're getting, the software you're using and the network you're surfing. Given the fact that they created a closed box for a reason, it's no huge leap to imagine they'd use one or all of these paths to dissuade people from modding their box. And you won't see me minding too much either. One good thing that will make the X Box live a decent experience is conformity (yes, that evil, evil word). Knowing that the person who just fragged you has exactly the same hardware and connection. Sure, I might miss a multi region DVD mod or something, but not that much. Besides, I don't think anybody who mods for Linux is really worried about the games or X-Box Live. On that note, I can see MS being paranoid of Linux users trying to hack or otherwise use/abuse the Live network. I'd ban modded boxes too. A real, uncrippled OS is a dangerous tool in that environment. Too much temptation for you rabid, salivating Linux fan-boys. Finally, it's my opinion that Ps2 networking is probably going to blow because your going to have just as many surfing/playing problems as you did on your PC back in the Doom/Quake days... Y'know-- When that 56kb connection actually equalled out to 31.5kb if the planets were aligned and the wind was blowing south at 6kph? Maybe you'll get 42kb tommorow...
You need a FREE iPod Nano
Price of a New XBox: $300.oo
Materials to mod the Xbox: $23.88
The look on his face when he realizes he just screwed up the soldering job and ruined the entire board: Priceless.
You need a FREE iPod Nano
Hey I just published a HOW-TO on mods to allow using your XBox for a boat anchor. Anybody interested?!!
This is to try and convince the SETI@Home people to produce binaries for the Dreamcast and PS2 linux enviornments, isn't it?
If we hack the X-Box to run linux, won't that be an i386 platform console that can run seti@home? And then we can say, "See! People *DO* want to run seti@home on their game consoles. When can we get dreamcast and PS2 binaries to download?"
" How much energy and effort has been expended to get linux to run in some marginal fashion on the Microsoft Xbox? Imagine if instead that effort had been used to improve linux. Which end result is better?"
Well, you see, the situation where people tell you what to code (because it's useful) rather than you coding what you want to is called having a job.
Coding what you want to is a hobby.
If I want to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to get freeBSD running on a kitten then that's between me and the kitten (and possibly the RSPCA...).
Who are you to tell me what to code ? I'll code what I damn well want to, motherfucker!
graspee