Linux On Unmodded Xbox, Improved

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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But... why?

[Anonymous Coward]

Please note : this is not flamebait or trolling!

I honestly just want to know - why would you want to boot Linux on an XBox?

I'm totally serious here. I've been out of gaming for too many years now, but... would you still be able to play XBox games on a mod'ed XBox running Linux (would you have to dual boot to do that)? Or... not? If not, then whats the point of running Linux on your XBox? Is it a really cheap way of hooking up w/ a cool looking Linux box? Or, is booting Linux on an XBox about the 'vandalism' vibe, of running a non-MS OS on an MS-made machine?

For all the hype in the media about running Linux on an XBox, why isn't there similar press about running Linux on, say, a Nintendo Cube (or, does that one already run Linux? or Unix?) I believe that Playstation already runs Linux... right? Anyway... the whole concept of 'run linux on your xbox' has always garnered a 'who gives a sh*t' from me, so I was hoping that someone could let me know why this idea gets so much coverage, contests, and attention from the tech community in general.

Thanks! :)

Wonder what the DMCA would think about this...

[PhoenixK7]

Um, nothing. Its a copyright act, a bunch of words on paper (or some other storage medium) it isn't conscious so it can't think :)