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Linux Xbox Project Seeks Microsoft Signature

Posted by chrisd on from the when-pigs-fly dept.

silvaran writes "We've had several Microsoft posts, and here's another, from CNet News. The team behind the XBox port of Linux is seeking a digital signature from Microsoft to approve the XBox Linux project. This would allow it to run on an unmodified XBox. According to the article, "Microsoft will be eligible to apply for an award under this scheme if they approve Xbox Linux as a normal Xbox program."

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  1. Wow! They'd get $100,000! by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft spends more than that every day on sweat pads for Ballmer. I'm not holding my breath.

    1. Re:Wow! They'd get $100,000! by ryants · · Score: 5, Funny
      sweat pads for Ballmer. I'm not holding my breath.
      Well, I am, and I'm over 500 km away from Redmond, WA.
      --

      Ryan T. Sammartino
      "Ancora imparo"

    2. Re:Wow! They'd get $100,000! by Weirsbaski · · Score: 2, Funny

      1. The more they sell, the lower their per-unit cost.

      They lose money on each sale, but make it up in volume!

      --

      I am not a sig.
  2. You Just Know... by 4of12 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that the reply letter from Microsoft is going to be ... well, let's just say you could put it in a styrofoam cooler and use it on your fishing trip.

    --
    "Provided by the management for your protection."
  3. "Truth is Stranger Than Fiction" - a new play by WankersRevenge · · Score: 5, Funny

    X-Box Linux: Can we run linux on the x-box?

    Slashdot Community:You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...blah,blah,blah

    Microsoft::Um, okay

    1. Re:"Truth is Stranger Than Fiction" - a new play by nick+this · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh, there you go... bringing class into it again.

  4. Re:In other news by Jesus,+Son+Of+God · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah. I told those mofo's at Golgotha I'd have my revenge on them!

    Didn't that make it to the book?

    --
    +++ They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He (Jesus) replied, "You are right in saying I am." (Luke 22:70)
  5. What MS Wants the Linux Xbox to Have... by phly · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Look, for the last time, your linux Xbox distro HAS to have Clippy, or else we're not signing."

    Heh, I can imagine Clippy coming up while you're playing Halo saying "Look behind you!" dressed up like a soldier with facepaint and an m16. -phly

  6. Re:beating MS at their own game... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mandrake Linux for the XBox has been downloaded over 83,000 times

    Sorry, that was my fault...I just got this broadband connection and I was really eager to try it but it didn't seem to be downloading, so I kept clicking the link...I know, I know...and then I kept messing up the CD-R and burnt 26,000 copies of a disc with one file called "mandrake.iso" on it...and then even when I got that right I couldn't get it to install and it was something different every time (or so it seemed) so I downloaded it again and again just in case it got corrupted in transfer (I know, I know) and, well, before you know it you've really downloaded a lot of copies...but I'm sure it wasn't that many, maybe 82,000 max? Maybe a few more than that...Sigh.

    btw can anybody help me get my Mandrake distro running on this XBox?

  7. Reply Wager by limekiller4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a crisp ten dollar bill that says the reply letter contains the words "and the horse you rode in on," verbatim.

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    My .02,
    Limekiller
  8. Re:Conspiracy theory: by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 2, Funny

    You seem fuzzy on how conspiracy theories work...
    lack of evidence is the whole point.

    (On the other hand, subverting a single developer is more likely than either Microsoft agreeing to sign the code, or outsiders cracking the key. )

  9. Microsoft's products. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have a better idea. Why don't they invent software that destroys the physical hardware of the signature device within the Xbox, thereby allowing anything to run on the aforementioned piece of shit? It can probably be done in two or less assembly level instructions and I think I can figure it out... hold on a sec... Those instructions would be MOV AX,DX and XOR DX,DX. Yeah... That'll do it. (See note 1 for details.)

    Some believe that Microsoft's products may exhibit somewhat unreliable performance from time to time. (Hey, it's only their opinion.)

    Please note: Using the aforementioned two instructions to permanently disable said security device requires several fine wires to be soldered to strategic locations within the microprocessor's core and to particular lines within the inner ground layer of the motherboard. Instructions for doing this are available for a nominal fee of $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00, payable to:

    Microsoft Corporation
    One Microsoft Way
    Hell, Hell 66666
    ATTN: The Devil.

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