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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. Er... why? by tangledbank · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't see the point, other than "this can be done". It's going to less functional, clumsy to use and slower than on a computer. It won't be able to play games and requires modding. Are there any advantages?

  2. There can no longer be any doubt by ectoraige · · Score: -1, Troll

    BSDNews confirms it, the Xbox is dying...

    Well somebody was going to say it, may as well be me.

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  3. Re:Ethernet missing? by aXis100 · · Score: -1, Troll

    meh.

  4. waste of time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't know why people waste time on such things. Atleast, we can spend time on making Linux get into mainstream...

  5. Re:In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    There is nothing impressive here at all. All the hard work and heavy lifting to do this had already been done by others years ago. If you want to see what FreeBSD will be doing two years from now, just look around and see what others have already done two years ago.

    This is about as awe imspiring as a paint-by-numbers rendition of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper".