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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. Re:FIRST POST!!!! by /ASCII · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most modern mod-chips come with the option of switching to the original BIOS instead. Microsoft can still check you HDD for strange-looking software, and out of spec HDDs, but the bios mod should be fine.

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  2. Re:To all Linux supporters, This is our chance. by the_consumer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Linux has been available on the PS2 for quite a while now.

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  3. Mod Chip? by siskbc · · Score: 4, Informative
    I emailed dozens of my friends, and I will attempt to introduce them to Linux in a way thats safe

    Um...you DO realize they have to mod the box first, right? Your friends are all handy with a soldering iron, I take it?

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    1. Re:Mod Chip? by Iscariot_ · · Score: 3, Informative

      Soldering not required. Check out The Matrix.

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  4. For your girl... by lpret · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, I remember reading an article about in Japan where chicks were using the playstation controller to, um...well, dual-shock themselves.

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    1. Re:For your girl... by bjschrock · · Score: 5, Informative

      There is a game that comes with an extra "controller". There's an article about it here. (Google cache).

  5. Re: work with 007 hack by dhm4 · · Score: 3, Informative

    sure it will. just set the write enable pin of the xbox-flash, run the savegame & flash the bios the way you like it.
    there is already a new savegame exploit for the M$-game MechAussault, that also updates the xbox-live runtime. perhaps the dashboard is exploitable too & linux gets _independent_ from a modchip or hardware modifications.

  6. Re:To all Linux supporters, This is our chance. by X86Daddy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a good way to have a bootable Linux CD at all times, ready to demo whenever the opportunity shows:

    Buy a Bootable Business Card from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Shop! You get to spread the word of Linux while sending $5 towards a wonderful cause!