Just as the topic states. I came across just such one of these beasts. But why would anyone want to do this to an Xbox? What is the purpose?
Just as the topic states. I came across just such one of these beasts. But why would anyone want to do this to an Xbox? What is the purpose?
Basically, it turns your X-Box into a (relatively) cheap computer (Or at least, it did at one point... I think you could probably build a better computer for a comparable price, but if you already have an X-Box, then there you go).
As long as you plug in a mouse and keyboard, you should be able to do pretty much anything that a 733MHz PC running Linux is able to do.
--Zero
It does the same thing that putting Linux on any computer will do.
ALLOW YOU TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD
It does the same thing that putting Linux on any computer will do.
KEEP PAPERS FROM FLYING OFF YOUR DESK!
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It's more of a linux-geek thing, we like to put linux on anything and everything. There's linux on DC, Saturn, toasters, refridgerators... etc...
Also, with a linuXBox, you can play a lot of older PC/linux games, as well as use XMame, FrotzX, and such.
Or, have a really really really cheap Apache webserver.
-AG
-AB+
Holy crap. It's been a while.
Actually, I would imagine that the X-Box port of Linux would be one of the more useful "vanity ports"... The Dreamcast one is basically useless unless you have a broadband adaptor, and the same will certainly be true of the work-in-progress Gamecube version. Having a hard drive in the X-Box makes it a lot more useful for normal computer tasks at least.
However, from what I can tell (I don't have an X-Box, so correct me if I'm wrong), there don't seem to be any USB ports on the X-Box (aside from the Not-Quite-USB joystick ports), so I'm not sure how you'd actually type stuff in... unless there are a keyboard and mouse for the system that I don't know about.
--Zero
there is a usb - XBOX module (mainly for use in PSO for people that didn't want to use voice) that allows keyboard and mouse usage.
-AG
-AB+
Holy crap. It's been a while.
The joystick ports really are USB ports, just with different-shaped connectors. You just need to get an adaptor (such as the one AdamG mentioned), or you can make your own. It's as easy as cutting open the cable from a USB device and an XBox controller cable and attaching the wires inside together. They're even the same colors.Originally Posted by Ze_ro
It's not the having of the Linux X-box, it's the challenge of installing Linux on an x-box. Or a Toaster. Or a Dead Badger
(Wow. Nice link.)