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GNU/Linux bootable CD on XBOX: dyne:bolic
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.
It's quite invigorating browsing interactive pr0n with the Xbox controls.
sweeeeeeeeeeet.
Mom says my
SCO sues Microsoft because the X-Box is "capable of illegally running SCO IP"
Slashdot, the site where everything's made up and the points don't matter
It isn't that we have to introduce *gamers* to Linux. It's that we have to introduce *game developers* to linux. Gamers don't write games [well some may but most don't].
If you build it, they will come, etc, etc.
Same can be said for hardware manufacturers. Some working CMPCI drivers would kick ass too.
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
would be interesting to see what xine could do on this platform. maybe any xbox could be turned into a full-featured dvd player (including menu support) that way?
time is a funny concept
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
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.
Slashdotter are stupid and biased.
OK, so turning my XBox into a Tivo with the aid of a modchip, a larger hard-drive and this bootcd would be great, but for one obvious thing. Where on earth is the video-in they plan to use this with?
Similiarly, there is no audio-in for the sound recorders.
And Blender is a nightmare of a gui in the first place, even when you've got a keyboard and mouse...
At the end of the day, an Xbox version of KnoppixMAME would probably be more useful, I feel. Still, its an interesting experiment.
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
There is a game that comes with an extra "controller". There's an article about it here. (Google cache).
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!