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Xbox Linux is GNU/Linux on your Xbox

The Xbox is a legacy-free PC by Microsoft that consists of an Intel Celeron 733 MHz CPU, an nVidia GeForce 3MX, 64 MB of RAM, a 8/10 GB hard disk, a DVD drive and 10/100 Ethernet. As on every PC, you can run Linux on it.

An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop computer with mouse and keyboard, a web/email box connected to TV, a server or router or a node in a cluster. You can either dual-boot or use Linux only; in the latter case, you can replace both IDE devices. And yes, you can connect the Xbox to a VGA monitor.

Can't do it yourself? We can install Linux on your Xbox - for free!

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You can edit pages by clicking "edit" on top of the page, and you can add new articles. Please note that this site is about Xbox Linux only, so do not add information about modchips or pirating games. Also please test the system in the Sandbox, not on real pages.

Run Linux On Your Xbox

YES - You can run Linux on your Xbox!
YES - You can do it without a modchip!
YES - You can do it without opening your Xbox!
YES - we can do it for you - for free!

News

5 Sep 2008: The Xbox 360 Security System and its Weaknesses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjpmc8ZIxM) , a Google Tech Talks presentation, is now online.

21 April 2007: OpenBSD Port: Markus Ritzer has started in OpenBSD port for the Xbox in April. See here (https://tobias.schroepf.de/doku/doku.php?id=xbox:porting_openbsd_to_the_xbox) for details.

20 May 2006: Video footage from 22C3: Video footage from the presentation given at the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is now online (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xbox-linux/22C3-559-en-xbox_hacking.mp4?download). Older material has been archived (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54192&package_id=189760) as well. - UPDATE: 22C3 presentation at Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-749497642180741726)

19 April 2006: The theory behind the Xbox VGA converter: Steve Gehlbach, the designer of the first Xbox HDTV to VGA converter, describes the theory behind his design in the article Maximizing Op Amp Summing Power (http://www.stevegehlbach.com/drupal/?q=article/opamp_html) on his website (http://www.stevegehlbach.com/).

7 April 2006: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: The Xbox Linux Project won in the category "Hardware"! Look here (http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/).

27 March 2006: Myria and Michael are blogging: Myria and Michael, who did many of the low level parts of Xbox Linux (bootloader, MechInstaller) have started a blog on assembly language at http://www.pagetable.com. You can find puzzles, trivia and more there!

15 December 2005: The paper 17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System has been published. It will be presented at the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) Dec 27th to 30th in Berlin, Germany.

24 November 2005: Xbox 360 hacking has started - have a look at www.free60.org and join the mailing lists (http://www.free60.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists).

1 October 2005: Pictures of Xbox Manufacturing - see Xbox Manufacturing Process Pictures