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GNU/Linux bootable CD on XBOX: dyne:bolic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the getting-easier-and-easier dept.

jaromil writes "The dyne:bolic bootable CD distribution is almost getting to its final 1.0 release, includes a whole bunch of multimedia applications making it easy to edit and stream audio and video, encrypt mails, share p2p and of course play games, all with a fancy GNUStep desktop. download the 1.0 alpha 5 ISO (~350Mb) and try it on your PC or XBOX!" One more reason to mod an xbox.

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  1. And just IMAGINE by zedmelon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's quite invigorating browsing interactive pr0n with the Xbox controls.

    sweeeeeeeeeeet.

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  2. and in related news... by bytes256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    SCO sues Microsoft because the X-Box is "capable of illegally running SCO IP"

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  3. For everything else there's... by johnthorensen · · Score: 5, Funny

    MicroSoft XBox: $169.00
    Mod Chip: $30.00
    CD to burn the latest distro to: $0.20

    Using the above system to call MicroSoft Tech Support via VoIP to complain about how bad KDE looks on a 20" black-and-white TV: PRICELESS.

    -JT

    1. Re:For everything else there's... by zapp · · Score: 4, Funny

      Getting sued for violating their copyright protection scheme by modding the xbox: life savings.

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  4. Let's get this out of the way. by Prince_Ali · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me: If you don't like Microsoft, why buy their game system.
    You: They lose money on all of their systems.
    Me: Even if they lose money that doesn't mean that they sell them for below variable cost. You are just helping recover fixed cost.
    You: I don't understand your fancy moon language!
    Me: Why not get a Lindows computer?
    You: The X-Box has better hardware!
    Me: It has like 48 megs of ram.
    You: It has a nice graphics card!
    Me: Fine, it has a nice graphics card.

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  5. go x-box! by ZipR · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're one step close to becoming a PC! Woot!

  6. Sounds like you need GNUBox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am appalled at the excitment that the idea of running GNU/Linux on a closed and proprietary system such as the XBox has caused. We at the GNU Project have the answer, and have been working on connection with OpenCores to produce the GNUBox console for all your GNU/Linux and The GNU/HURD requirements.

    GNUBox version 0.14af2_1-1 is now available, and comprises of a blank sheet of mylar with a single -12v DC power line and a ground trace. We expect the hardware to be completed at around the same time as the Earths internal nuclear reactions cease and the planet cools and shrinks to a size of an Apple.

    Yours GNU'ly

    RMS

  7. Re:To all Linux supporters, This is our chance. by dnoyeb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps we can mail 1-2 CDs per month to each address in the continental US!

  8. Re:Heres some ideas by hobbesmaster · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why would you want to mod the XBox to run Linux so you can run Windows and play games the games you could without the MOD?


    You must be new here.
  9. Re:I'll take you up on that bet by jpmkm · · Score: 2, Funny

    That card doesn't have component out. You lose.

  10. Re:Heres some ideas by rsheridan6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you don't understand, you probably have a girlfriend.

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  11. Re:Heres some ideas by badboy_tw2002 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So the best way to dispell myths about it being a "hackerOS" is to show how hackers have broken hardware protection schemes to get it working?

    ...sounds good to me!

  12. Re:For your girl... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's how Sony achieved market penetration in Japan...