[Scottish] xbox linux (again)

Georgia M. Thomson scotlug at georgiagrrl.me.uk
Tue Oct 26 12:25:27 BST 2004


that's a pathetic excuse for not going to a meeting ;) it's my birthday 
too and i'm still going. :D

seriously though, happy birthday when it comes

Georgia

alan at nonsite.co.uk wrote:

>Hi Ben,
>Is it yourself who is co-ordinating the talk for the group?
>I'm doing the one at the end of Nov, on the Blender conference.
>I can't make it to the meet this Thursday (its my Birthday).
>So I'll speak to you at a later date about specifics.
>The conference was awesome btw. 
>Thanks,
>Alan Rutherford 
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>aka prettymeshedup 
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>From: Ben Thorp THORPB at uk.ibm.com
>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:51:21 +0100
>To: scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [Scottish] xbox linux (again)
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>scottish-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote on 26/10/2004 09:43:03:
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>>Georgia Thomson wrote:
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>>>not as far as i'm aware, playstation2 can run linux, but with a lot
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>>>work than is required for an xbox to do so.
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>>I'm sure someone got a PlayStation running some form of Linux or NetBSD
>>(it's just a MIPS target after all) but it was hack city and they were
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>>Installing Linux on an original-style PS2 is a snap compared to
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>>on an Xbox, it just requires a lot more cash :)
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>Given that it was an official Sony product, it should have been easier
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>http://www.us.playstation.com/peripherals.aspx?id=SCPH-97047
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>It came with some extra hardware, but it appears the software was
>significantly crippled
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