Prince_Serendip
September 5th, 2002, 05:37 AM
;) Xbox transformed into Linux PC
September 4, 2002, 6:36 AM PT
A group of hackers has managed to turn Microsoft's Xbox gaming console--which is built with standard components found in a PC--back into a desktop computer.
That is the effect, at least, of a breakthrough by the Xbox Linux Project (http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/), which on Monday said it had managed to boot a version of the Linux operating system on the Xbox. Project members said they had loaded SuSE Linux 8 on the machine, along with the graphical user interface software Gnome and KDE, KMail email software and the StarOffice office suite.
Read more..... (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-956483.html)
Never say never to those who dare!
September 4, 2002, 6:36 AM PT
A group of hackers has managed to turn Microsoft's Xbox gaming console--which is built with standard components found in a PC--back into a desktop computer.
That is the effect, at least, of a breakthrough by the Xbox Linux Project (http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/), which on Monday said it had managed to boot a version of the Linux operating system on the Xbox. Project members said they had loaded SuSE Linux 8 on the machine, along with the graphical user interface software Gnome and KDE, KMail email software and the StarOffice office suite.
Read more..... (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-956483.html)
Never say never to those who dare!