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Get Linux on Xbox, Win Big

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Posted by: TotalRecall

If you can manage to get a linux system booted from the BIOS or a CD-ROM:

A software development project aimed at getting the Linux operating system to run on Microsoft's Xbox is offering a larger incentive for would-be developers--to the tune of $200,000.

The goal of the Xbox Linux Project is to find a "simple and completely legal" way of running Linux on the Xbox gaming machine, according to the project's Web site. The prize money was donated by an anonymous source, known only to the project's leaders.


C|Net has more here.



Posted by: Canis Lupus

Well, if the perception that Xbox is a PC and not a console rings true, then this task would not be that hard to pull off...

I remember a simple internet appliance from a couple years ago being able to run Linux on it after a considerable amount of hacking ...



 
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