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XBox Linux HOWTOs

Posted by michael on from the stay-alert-and-keep-your-soldering-iron-handy dept.

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.

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  1. I've already done it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

  2. Whatever "slashdot" by LordYUK · · Score: 5, Funny

    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"...

    humor folks, enjoy it :P

    --
    This is my sig. Its pathetic.
  3. Re:What a waste, don't let Microsoft distract you! by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 5, Funny

    " 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