[Gllug] xbox linux

Sean Burlington sean at uncertainty.org.uk
Mon Oct 18 07:18:06 UTC 2004


Richard Cohen wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:17:35 +0100, Sean Burlington
> <sean at uncertainty.org.uk> wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>        has anyone here got experience of setting up linux on the Xbox ?
>>


> media player - I'd really suggest finding the nearest helpful
> developer and asking for physical help with it - I don't know how far
> Hatfield is from you, but I know the guy there did a good job for me. 
> Once it's been fixed, it's just a software thing, and that's easy...
> 

Thanks Richard - it looks like this is the guy to contact

> 
> As for the noise, it's not quiet.  It's not modern-powerful-PC loud,
> but it's not fanless-quiet.  If you have it on and playing something
> on TV, you probably won't notice the noise, but if there's nothing
> else in the room making a noise, you'll notice it.

sounds bearable - the nice thing is that the XBox is cheap enough that 
it's not the end of the world if it doesn't work out.

> Oh, and I haven't followed up on it, since I've been a little busy
> recently, but I did ask the bloke in Hatfield if he fancied coming to
> GLLUG to talk about this sometime - possibly do a demo install and
> stuff.  He did say probably :-)
> 

maybe I'll mention it too (it might even get me to come along...)

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Sean

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