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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. The real point? Why use Linux on the Xbox? by toupsie · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Not to be a troll, but I can think of better ways of running Linux than on a game console. About the best idea I can come up for it is a MAME box for your TV. The TV Screen has a horrible resolution and joysticks make for horrible keyboards (j/k). I would rather a Shuttle SS51G running linux than an Xbox and play MAME on a HDTV.

    I don't know why someone would donate mega-$$$ for this to be accomplished. Seems like an egotrip. The money could be put some truly worthy cause. I hear cancer hasn't been cured yet...

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  2. MS OK'ing Linux on XBOX? No Way by SkankhodBeeblebrox · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There is no way MS is going to endorse running Linux on the XBox gaming platform... They lose money on every console sold, so the way they make money is to sell games...

    That being said, the XBox is a pretty cheap PC, and if MS would enable the XBox to run Linux w/o modding it, they would be helping to shoot themselves in the foot...

    Even disregarding the money issue (MS losing money per XBox, not gaining $100k for helping to get Linux running on XBox) MS is not going to support running an OS on XBox... It's not like you can run WinXP on your XBox either. Why? Because they want you to buy an entire PC, and pay for a windows license...

  3. When pigs can fly by Newtonian_p · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now we can replace that expression with 'When Microsoft provides a digital signiture for the Xbox Linux project'.

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  4. In the words of Wayne Campbell by zerus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Schea, riiight, and monkeys might fly out of Madonnas butt"

    It's a waste of a post, but what the hell, far fetched idea. That's like asking Moscow if they will house a US army base in the middle of the cold war.

  5. Re:Wow! They'd get $100,000! by Mikeytsi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That would be wrong. Sony loses money as well, they just don't bleed as much red as Microsoft. Nintendo is breaking even NOW, but at the beginning, they were loss-leading. (For the first time ever, btw, they've made money on all console sales previous).

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