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Windows CE.NET Ported to Xbox
Cutriss writes "Caught this over at Xbox Scene - Windows CE.NET 4.2 has been ported to the Xbox. Artifex, one of the developers of this project, says the following about the status of development: 'The basic kernel subsystem is in place. The IoCtl is about 90% done. ISR/IST is up and working. PCI enumeration happens properly. USB initializes and enumerates devices (but hangs if there's a gamepad connected). Mouse driver loads. Keyboard driver loads but is missing a layout, so it's not quite functional yet. A VERY simple video driver is in place (Software mouse cursor seems to be failing, so you won't see a pointer, yet).' It's a 100% legal distribution, but you'll still need a modded/exploited Xbox in order to run it. Screenshots hosted by Xbox Scene can be found here(1) and here(2)."
Kudos to the guys who did this, I'm sure it took a lot of work...but do we really need Windows CE on the X-Box? IIRC, Windows 2000 already works, and so does Linux. Is there any specific advantage to CE, aside from its smaller size?
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Don't be facetious. These guys didn't just stick an installation CD in an X-Box and expect credit for it. They hacked away at a platform which wasn't built for running this sort of thing and succeeded in making a generally useful release, all in their spare time. They don't owe you anything, so until you can come up with something genuinely funny, lay off.
'Nuff said
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I'm not saying that their work is in vain, i just don't see the point. If you care to explain it would be much appreciated, instead of calling me an asshole just because I disagree.
A major part of the hacker spirit is not doing something because it's strictly necessary, but doing it because you learn from the experience and ENJOY doing it. For example, I play the guitar. Is it really necessary for me to sit and play when no one else is around? No one will hear it but me. No one is around to enjoy it. It isn't making me any money. I do it because the practice makes me better at it, and because I genuinely enjoy the experience.
If this guy wants to spend his time porting WinCE to the X-Box (a non-trivial) task, then that's his perogative. "The point," as you put it, is that he enjoys doing it. I doubt even 1000 people will ever utilize what he's doing here, but a lesson he learns or a novel hack he comes up with during the process might come in handy to him later when he IS writing something that thousands of people might use.
And if not? At least he enjoyed himself.
--Obyron
Before all the trolls start whine about, "why mod an xbox"
need i remind you that for well under $200
you have
*legaly (sorta)
-divx player with composite outputs.
and support to stream for every major streaming protacal, from your network hard drives
-mp3 jupebox with shoutcast support (xbox media player)
decent ftp server
*illigaly
-a nintendo, SNES, GENesis, gameboy advance, N64 emulator (put a couple thosand games)
-Can copy games to the hard drive and play them
have a nice, cool dedicated linux box running gnetoo, mandrake or one of like 3 decent distros
The hardware is a 733celeron (copermine core, good on power and heat)
64megs of ram shared between apps, and Video ram
a modified Geforce 3 core (good enough)
For those of you that whine, "it can't play burned disks"
either replace the drive, or buy one that has a samsung drive in it, they play all media just about.
come comment on the madness at http://slashdot.org/~phreak03/journal/
Oh, the hypocricy!
People going on and on about "why bother" porting WinCE to XBox, but ask them the same thing porting Linux to Xbox or other gaming platforms and you best done your asbestos underwear. I guess Slashdotters don't like it when the shoe is on the other hand.