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Free60 Project Aims for Linux on Xbox 360
BlueMoon writes "The Free60 Project wiki and developers mailinglist has been launched. The project aims to port open source operating systems like GNU/Linux and Darwin to the Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console.
The site already contains some interesting details about the Xbox 360 security: per-box key stored on CPU, boot ROM will be on CPU too and a hypervisor verifies the running state of the kernel."
*Starts the "Time-to-360-hacked" Stopwatch....*
-ND
They want to run KDE.
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
...until that overheating problem is solved...
I already know 1st step "HowTo run Linux on your XBox 360" - it's:
;-)
1, Attach your XBox on a string so it can be c00l enough
because game consoles, too, want to be free.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
And they want to open something in OpenOffice.
It just gives that fuzzy feeling that Microsoft has paid $126 for your Linux box.
Enjoy
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/06/30
You missed the whole point of being a geek. Sorry, slashdot is not for you, don't come back.
Hello fellow slashdotters, I've been reading slashdot for several years but this is ourageous.
As the Executive Sales Manager for Microsoft XBox 360 I don't see this as news but a direct
illegal action against the Microsoft corporation. Hacking the XBox hardware which the machine was
not originally intended for will be further looked into by the FBI and CIA as it is considered a
hostile Terrorist action against the United States of America's privatly owned enterprises. We
have the governments full support to fight this Communist plague and any attempt to interfere or
hinder this investigation will result in an immediate hostile response.
Before they try porting Gentoo to it.
But even the best game consoles make for pretty poor PCs if you just look at the specs, so it seems to me that this is more of a proof-of-concept and the sheer devilish joy of seeing Tux on an Xbox.
3 x 3.2Ghz Power PC CPUs, 512MB memory, high-end GPU, 20GB HDD & wireless.
I see what you mean. It's hardly worth bothering with really is it?
But how long does that fuzzy feeling last when your system crashes because the power-supply overheated?
Then it becomes a warm fuzzy feeling.
I believe that's:
1. Get modified Xbox with Linux installed
2. Suspend on a piece of string
3. Spin 360 degrees on piece of string
4. ???
5. Profit!
You must be new here...
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;-)
Seriously, I was this close to mod you funny...
Q: Have you guys modded the Xbox360 yet?
A: No, not yet.
You see.. they're taking a $129 loss on every x360 sold.. the reason is that they KNOW we're going to put Linux on it.. and the moment we do you KNOW some well meaning twit will port Gentoo to it.
Now if these buggers over heat and die regularly what do you think GENTOO is going to do to it with all that compiling?!?!
It's going to set fire to houses and KILL PEOPLE!!
Then MS can sit back and let the marketing dogs of war loose, and Linux will be branded as the child killing OS for ever and a day.
so.. which of you genius Judas will be nailing Tux to a dead tree first??
"Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far
After some analysis, I've already discovered what appears to be a critical vulnerability already in the 360's chain of trust.
The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.