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FreeBSD Ported to XBox

Posted by timothy on from the mulitplicity dept.

NetFiber writes "FreeBSD has been ported to the XBox. "Over the last 2 weeks, I have been working on a port of FreeBSD for the XBox. The port is fully functional. The framebuffer is fully supported, same goes for sound and USB devices (such as an USB keyboard). Only ethernet is missing, currently." The FreeBSD on XBox website is here, downloads included." Update: 07/27 14:50 GMT by T : Rink Springer writes with a request that you use the primary mirror instead.

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  1. Ethernet missing? by coflow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is pretty cool, although from TFA: Only ethernet is missing, currently, as the binary only driver in /usr/ports/net/nvnet fails with an error 5, for some reason. Assistance there would be very welcome.

    I suspect this is a feature that would be fairly important to most users.

  2. Re:Er... why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful
    • Cheap server to play with
    • Play any media the likes of mplayer can play
    • Act as a jukbox
    • Browse, email etc on the TV
    • A backup server for rsync
    • Other uses for other people


    Just because you can't cope with the thought others have imagination and enjoy these things, doesn't mean people should stop because of your opinion!
  3. Re:It may not be a hoax... by DrSkwid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    my xbox gathers dust, fbsd on it would be a nice toy

    > platforms intended for one purpose and one purpose alone (gaming)
    do you know what a turing machine is ?

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