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Linux On Unmodded Xbox, Improved

Posted by timothy on from the ms-linux-ready-for-launch dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like pSyCo from XEmulation.com Has found a way to boot Xbox Linux Live on an unmodified Xbox with nothing but an Xbox and Linux PC (no memory card of any kind, etc). Also a guide to using this method to flash your Xbox's onboard TSOP with the bios of choice, making the Xbox modded without an actual mod-chip. $5 to rent 007 to mod my xbox sounds nice =) Check it out at: XEmulation.net Forum or XboxHacker.net BBS. *Wonder what the DMCA would think about this...*" This builds on the "007"-based method discussed earlier. Update: 04/15 01:11 GMT by T : XEmulation.com, not .net. Sorry.

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  1. sure.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    [l337 kid returning xbox]

    kid: g1bb0r m3 my m0n3y b4ck, f4gg0rz. My k-r4d Xb0x0r 15 fux0r3d.

    clerk: Ok.. let's see.. Hmm.. the screw heads are worn, indicating you've opened this XBox up. Oh, I see solder splattered on the board.. wait a sec, this isn't even an XBox board, it's from an old Betamax!

  2. "Wonder what the DMCA would think about this..."? by RLiegh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whatever Microsoft TELLS THEM to think about this.
    (I may get an -1 redundant since that is the whole reason for the DMCA. Oh well. )

  3. Re:"Wonder what the DMCA would think about this... by Sheetrock · · Score: 4, Funny

    My guess is that the DMCA would have the same contented papery thoughts that other printed documents have, not to mention an intense dislike for fire.

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  4. *Wonder what the DMCA would think about this...* by csteinle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not very much, I would imagine. Given that's it a law. It's not even an object, let alone an animate one capable of thought.

  5. Re:Neat, but why bother? by secolactico · · Score: 3, Funny

    so why do folks sink lots of time and effort into this?

    Why do people climb the Everest? It's not like they are going to settle there or mine for resources.

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  6. Smallest version? by CrazyJim0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a .exe for Linux or Windows?

    I just run the .exe and then I can flash roms over?

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  7. Re:What is the point? by MoonBuggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    But what, exactly, does this do for me, besides letting me put a finger in M$'s eye?

    You're a slashdot reader, shouldn't annoying Billy boy be enough for you? ;-)

  8. Re:What about running Windows? by aderusha · · Score: 3, Funny

    as soon as m$ open-sources windows, i'm sure somebody will compile it to run on xbox.

    just don't hold your breath...

  9. Re:FYI by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    What I find odd is now we WANT a buffer overflow, so we can BOOT linux instead bitching about sloppy ass programmers for them causing it to crash.

    Make up your damn mind ;)

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  10. The clerks of the world . . . . by ysaric · · Score: 3, Funny

    kid: g1bb0r m3 my m0n3y b4ck, f4gg0rz. My k-r4d Xb0x0r 15 fux0r3d.

    clerk: uh, ok. You got your receipt?

    Receipts are all powerful. Clerks are dumb.

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