Xbox Linux an operating system was adapted to the special hardware conditions of the play console Xbox. Xbox Linux can be installed after slight modifications on each Xbox.

In the middle of 2002 was brought to Mod chips by hobby developers despite TCPA similar safety architecture the Xbox Linux with the help of a Xbox on the Xbox to running. Thereby an adequate computer became from the play console. By a safety gap even a so-called "„soft Mod is "“possible, thus using the operating system without such a chip since August 2003. The Softmod concerns both a modification of the non removable disk and the Flash memory, which can be overwritten.

By USB adapters keyboard and mouse are attached.

Using the program Wine can Microsoft Office products as well as other Windows programs to be used, with the Emulationsprogramm VMware are it possible, Windowsversionen on the Xbox run be let. The Xbox with 128 MT main memories is here in the advantage opposite the 64-MB-Version.Da the hardware of the X-box to some PC is identical, can the X-box hardware in certain measure be rigged. The existing non removable disk is particularly often replaced with a larger.

Distributions

Gentoox is special one for the X-box adapted version of Gentoo. Contrary to the normal installation of Gentoo, which requires a quantity of compiling time, Gentoox can be installed "“out OF the box"”. A quantity does not save time the packages any longer to be compiled there and configured must.

Gentoo for X-box was adapted contrary to Gentoox not particularly but contains only an extended profile, which is cut to the hardware requirements of the X-box. The packages are compiled from the X-box and the configuration of applications take place as with a Gentoo on the PC.

Xebian is a special Debian version for the X-box. It can be installed on a free partition or on the partition of the Xebian can be used also as live CD/DVD.

Beyond that there are adapted versions of Fedora CoreFedora, Ubuntu, Slackware and many further. One finds a list on the Downloadseite of Xbox Linux.

X-box and security

On the 22C3 of the CCC a lecture on the security of the X-box and the X-box 360 was held. Among other things to install 17 safety lack discovered those it to have only made possible Linux on the X-box.

Related links

• http://www.xbox-linux.org - Linux on the Xbox, many HowTos, among other things a detailed description of the installation

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