Windows 2000 Runs On Xbox Under Linux

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Windows 2000 Runs On Xbox Under Linux

Posted by Hemos on Friday September 27, 2002 @10:36PM from the oh-the-irony-of-life dept.

MBCook writes "Everybody's favorite Xbox hackers have got Linux running for roughly six weeks, and now it runs well enough to announce that Windows has been run inside Linux with common PC virtualization software. They even have a little video of it playing a MPEG 4 of The Matrix fullscreen!"

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oh the irony by cyborch · 2002-09-27 22:41 · Score: 5, Funny

...of taking an MS product and hacking at it 'till it runs linux, just to emulate another MS product.
1. Re:oh the irony by bokketies · 2002-09-27 23:16 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I wonder if there's an X-box emulator available for Windows 2000. Now that would kick ass!
2. Re:oh the irony by xingix · 2002-09-28 01:28 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  I think the world would rejoice if we could get a PS2 emulator running on Linux, running on the XBox. Oh the bliss! *swoon*
  
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  // jeku.com
Microsoft's View by SmlFreshwaterBuffalo · 2002-09-27 22:44 · Score: 1, Funny

I wonder what Microsoft thinks about this. They oppose Linux on the Xbox, but would they oppose Win2K on top of Linux on the Xbox?

And if not, would they oppose Linux on top of Win2K on top of Linux on the Xbox? Or even.......nevermind.
But... by DarkHelmet · 2002-09-27 22:47 · Score: 5, Funny

The obvious question is if they can get an Windows XBox Emulator working within Windows2000 on the Xbox.

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1. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-27 22:49 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Nooooo!!! Infinite....loop....frying....brain....!
2. Re:But... by falser · 2002-09-27 23:21 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Better yet, could they:
  
  Play an XBox game...
  in an XBox emulator...
  running in Win2000...
  running within Linux.
3. Re:But... by jkramar · 2002-09-28 01:24 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Or, to complete the cycle, can they run Linux under an XBox emulator under Windows under Linux under an XBox emulator under Windows under Linux under an XBox emulator under Windows under Linux under an XBox emulator under Windows under Linux under an XBox emulator under Windows under Linux under an XBox emulator under Windows under Linux on an XBox?
  
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  true && more || less
wow.. running for 6 weeks! by hugesmile · 2002-09-27 23:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Six weeks without crashing! That might be a new record!

I remember when NT first came out, and Microsoft was pushing it as an Enterprise Server. One of their top engineers was involved in the press announcement, and made the comment with pride that some of the systems in the lab have been running for six weeks without crashing.

The analysts and large customers ROASTED him: "We've had AS400's and HP 3000's and 9000's and Dec Vax's that haven't crashed EVER for YEARS."

Somehow, Gates wiggled his way into the data center. Those Vax's and 3000's are probably still running without crashing, ten years later, if they're still there....

...And Microsoft learned to never reward a top engineer by letting him speak at a press announcement.
Okay.. so how many... by netsharc · 2002-09-27 23:19 · Score: 5, Funny
counts of violation of the DMCA is that?
- One for cracking the Xbox.
- Two for pirating Windows.
- Three for having a bootleg copy of the Matrix.
I guess if you wanna piss 'em off, better do it all at once. :) Anybody have an MP3 of N-"Stupid f'ing-Capitalist-no-space-trip-for-you!"-Sync for them to play?
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The story so far... by xxSOUL_EATERxx · 2002-09-27 23:30 · Score: 5, Funny

So now I can download and watch a video... of an MPEG... being played on an OS... which is being EMULATED under another OS.... which is being run on hardware designed for an entirely different OS.

It is fitting that the video in question is from The Matrix. I just want to know what combination of blue and red pills to you take understand the whole setup.
Why is Tux crying??? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 00:17 · Score: 2, Funny

In this screenshot:

Tux crying

is it because he is sitting on top of a Microsoft product???

He looks fine in this picture.
Re:Presumably they chose Windows 2000 over Windows by slide-rule · 2002-09-28 00:55 · Score: 5, Funny

I think a phone call into product activation would've been a hoot.

Product Activation: "Hello, Product Activation center. What can I do to help you today?"
Crafty Hacker: "Uh, yeah. I need to re-activate my XP installation. I changed a couple things and it apparently tripped something."
PA: "Okay, sure. First, what's the CD Key on your XP installation disk?"
CH: "Err, its [rattles off numbers/letters]."
PA: "Right. Okay. What type of system do you have it running on now,then? I need your make/model, processor speed, [etc.]"
CH: "Well, I guess the system is a Microsoft XBOX. [starts ratting off rest of system specs] --"
PA: "A What? It doesn't run on that. Are you sure you don't mean--"
CH: "No, really... the verification hash of the system is [rattles off numbers/letters]"
PA: "That seems like a valid hash, but..." (Increasingly nervous product activation employee has a panic attack as a manager tries to make sense of the ensuing chaos.)