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| − | When it was announced that the specifications of the Xbox were known to be very similar to an X86 PC, Xbox Linux was quickly considered as a possibility. Michael Robertson, the CEO of Lindows.com, offered [https://www.cnet.com/culture/squeeze-linux-into-xbox-win-200000/ two $100,000 prizes] with the vision of getting cheap Linux PCs into the hands of the masses. One of the prizes was for a demonstration of Linux running on an Xbox (with a $55,000 "subprize" for writing a [[Cromwell|BIOS]]) The other prize was for an exploit capable of getting Xbox Linux to run without hardware modification, ideally by using just a CD-ROM. (was this claimed? the prize deadline was extended [https://www.theregister.com/2003/01/02/xbox_linux_donor_extends_prize/ here]) The first Xbox exploits were created to make Xbox Linux possible, and were quickly repurposed by modders, while Linux remained a more niche application on the original Xbox. In the years while the Xbox was still being manufactured, it could function as a cheap daily driver Linux PC. But, as with all PCs they eventually became obsolete as cheaper, smaller hardware became available with similar processing power.
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| − | Today, Xbox Linux has more of a hobbyist appeal. But, it would also be possible to use it to bundle Linux setups and individual Linux applications, once the proper functionality is set up.
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| − | The former kernels of 2.4 and 2.6 are woefully out of date. To save the day, haxar has patched a modern kernel (5.8) with everything needed to run a terminal-based instance of Xbox linux. This kernel can be used as the basis for setting up modern Xbox Linux distributions.
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | Many of the old Xbox Linux information now lives on archive.org. It is helpful if you come across anything useful, to add it here!
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| − | * [https://github.com/haxar/xbox-linux Haxar's modifications] to the 5.8 kernel
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| − | ** [https://github.com/XboxDev/xbox-linux-initramfs A basic initramfs] for use with that kernel
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| − | ** [https://github.com/XboxDev/xbox-linux-busybox The busybox setup] used in that initramfs
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| − | ===Historical links===
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| − | * [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xbox-linux/ The original Xbox Linux repository on sourceforge.] The mailing list archives can help answer esoteric questions about xbox linux, sometimes
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| − | * [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xboxhdm2/files/ The xboxhdm repository.] It contains source and executables for many Xbox tools created and modified by Idotsfan. The X-DSL directory contains some information on the original xbpartitioner table patches.
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | * [[17_Mistakes_Microsoft_Made_in_the_Xbox_Security_System|17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System]] by Michael Steil, a member of the Xbox Linux team
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