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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. 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!

  2. 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!

  3. 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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  4. 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!!!!!! ;)

  5. 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.'"

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