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Xbox Modchip Featuring Onboard Operating System

Posted by timothy on from the that-and-a-pawnshop-visit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A group of talented coders known as TeamXodus, have released an xbox modification chip with a difference, the 'Xenium' is a modchip which features a fully legal operating system that was coded by the team from scratch. The mod can be installed Solderlessly and will allow the end user to unlock the power of the xbox and run applications such as Linux on their Xbox. The onboard Operating system currently stands at version 2.0 and features a massive 1.35 million lines of code and was recently reviewed by HomeCinemaChoice whereby they declared the Xenium 'The creators of the easiest Xbox modification - the complete package.'"

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  1. Slashdotted already! by tajmorton · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hope they're not running the website off this! If so, that's a bad sign ;).

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  2. A new way to fight piracy by Lord+Graga · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot the webpage with the links to the shops so that no-one can order anything!

  3. applications such as Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "... unlock the power of the xbox and run applications such as Linux ..."

    I better get me an OS, I'm running an application without one!

    1. Re:applications such as Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I can't think of a better preposition to end that sentence with.

  4. 1.35 million lines of code? by 21st+Century+Peon · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's two-thirds of the Jurassic Park system! "This is an Xbox system! I know this!"

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    1. Re:1.35 million lines of code? by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 2, Funny
      From the book:

      "Arnold was unhappily aware that the complete Jurassic Park program contained more than half a million lines of code, most of it undocumented, without explanation."

      Not sure about the movie though.

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  5. Solderlessly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The mod can be installed Solderlessly and will allow...

    Bah, soldering is the fun part of installing a modchip ;-)

  6. Lemme Guess... by immel · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...reviewed by HomeCinemaChoice whereby they declared the Xenium 'The creators of the easiest Xbox modification - the complete package.'"

    I'm guessing HomeCinemaChoice is not affiliated with Microsoft?

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  7. Slashdot needs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    a "-1, Stoned" rating.

  8. I dunno about that... by Rooked_One · · Score: 4, Funny
    Some people might want to mod their xbox's for the highly illegal factor. Say, for instance, a person wanted to try out the game Fable - which was very hyped up, and excited a lot of people. And then say, none of their friends had the game so as the person could try it out first hand. But, what if the person had a mod'ed xbox and downloaded a "trial" version from the internet, played the game for a couple hours and decided that the lack-luster storylines, hack and slash bordom, and horendous loading times - even when loaded from the hard drive - as a "trial version" would be loaded, were just too intolerable for said person to actually justify paying 50 dollars for?

    Oh wait a second... I was saying why "some people" mod their xbox. For... uh... someone I know, its much more of a value factor than a cool factor, especially.. uh... when the person I know doesn't know anyone else with xbox's.

    AND SO WHAT IF I'VE GIVEN MY XBOX A CUSTOM PAINT JOB??!?!?! ITS ONE OF A KIND DANGIT AND ITS COOL!!!!!! ;)

  9. Here's a mirror by niteice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Games: Xbox Modchip Featuring Onboard Operating System

    Posted by timothy on Sunday September 26, @04:30PM
    from the that-and-a-pawnshop-visit dept.
    An anonymous reader writes "A group of talented coders known as TeamXodus, have released an xbox modification chip with a difference, the 'Xenium' is a modchip which features a fully legal operating system that was coded by the team from scratch. The mod can be installed Solderlessly and will allow the end user to unlock the power of the xbox and run applications such as Linux on their Xbox. The onboard Operating system currently stands at version 2.0 and features a massive 1.35 million lines of code and was recently reviewed by HomeCinemaChoice whereby they declared the Xenium 'The creators of the easiest Xbox modification - the complete package.'"

    ( Read More... | 52 of 53 comments | games.slashdot.org )

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  10. Re:All links dead.. by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 2, Funny

    It will never happen, because, as CmdrTaco stated several years ago in the FAQ, it would require some thought.

  11. TIAJ by pjt33 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually the space bar on the lead developer's keyboard is broken, so he had to use newlines to separate tokens.

  12. Why site is /.ed? by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 2, Funny
    Could this be the explanation?
    Changelog for Xenium OS 2.0.0:
    +Webserver up and running, but still some minor bugs to be worked out.
    (emphasis added)
  13. Re:Utility computing by OneDeeTenTee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all we need to do is figure out how to get our money back for the operating system we're not using.

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