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Xbox Receives Linux Mandrake 9.0

Posted by timothy on from the nice-nice-nice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Today the Xbox Linux Project announced that Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 has been released. This is the first complete Linux distribution for the Microsoft Xbox gaming console. A 350 MB installation CD of Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 is available for download free of charge from the Xbox Linux website."

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  1. Re:Woooweee! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Considering this is slashdot, he will probably wonder where the controller plugs in.

  2. Ho hum. Yet another reason to support Microsoft by swordgeek · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yep, let's come up with as many ways to support Microsoft, and increase their sales as we can.

    That's all that's being done here.

    Nobody is going to play with Linux on an Xbox, except the hardcore Linux geeks--the ones who zealously hunt down retailers who sell machines without a MS OS on them. (not to mention trying to get refunds from MS for unused licenses)

    Now they've got a reason to run out and buy an Xbox? That's just peachy!

    Have fun. I'll be running OSes on my computers, and leaving the game consoles to others.

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