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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. But does by mboverload · · Score: 5, Funny

    But does FreeBSD on Xbox run Linux? Yeah.

  2. BSD vs. Linux (tm) by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    The perfect way to prove BSD is more secure than Linux: no ethernet.

    I'll go RTFA now...

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  3. Two guys, ages 19 and 21 by ReformedExCon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's simply amazing the amount of progress two dedicated youths can make in such a short time.

    One thing I used to have a lot of time to think about was how much time I was wasting, having forced myself into a very uncomfortable place. It's quite heartening to see these kids doing great work, even if it is just for themselves as a hobby (even moreso, in my opinion).

    I'm not sure that the thing is useful, but it's definitely a cool hack.

    Is anyone offering them a job yet?

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    1. Re:Two guys, ages 19 and 21 by Marc2k · · Score: 4, Funny

      having forced myself into a very uncomfortable place. ..like the back of a Volkswagen?

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  4. Re:Ethernet missing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop saying "whilst", you douche.

  5. XBox pwn3d by spaztech · · Score: 5, Funny


    All obvious jokes aside, this is an awesome job by these young up-and-comers. Porting FreeBSD to a Microsoft gaming console, what a task.

    1: Load FreeBSD on XBox
    2: Install nMap, Nessus & Metasploit, hack CitiBank
    3: ??
    4: Profit!!

    When the F.B.I. shows up just play dumb and say, "I don't have a computer."

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  6. Re:Ethernet missing? by cbreaker · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can't just plug in "a lot of USB ethernet controllers" because the XBox controller ports, albiet USB, are not a USB connection. You need a converter, and THEN the controller. And when all is said and done, you'd left with a crappy 11Mbit of USB Ethernet speeds whereas the onboard controller (e100) is actually very good.

    I'm not whining - I really don't give a crap either way. But this isn't a solution by any means.

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  7. Re:Back To The Future... by aderusha · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can get info on emulators for the 2600 and about 30 other retro systems on the xbox here.

  8. In related news... by NotFamous · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have ported NetBSD to run on my toaster. I have full support for quad-processing (requires four slots), hyper-breading and hot swapping. Unfortunately, fork() is not currently implemented...

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