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{{Short description|Linux distribution for Xbox consoles}}
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'''Xbox Linux''' was a project that ported the [[Linux]] [[operating system]] to the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] [[video game console]]. Because the Xbox uses a [[digital signature]] system to prevent the public from running [[unsigned code]], one must either use a [[modchip]], or a [[softmod]]. Originally, modchips were the only option; however, it was later demonstrated that the [[Thin small outline package|TSOP]] chip on which the Xbox's [[BIOS]] is held may be reflashed. This way, one may flash on the "[[Cromwell (computing)|Cromwell]]" BIOS, which was developed legally by the Xbox Linux project. Catalyzed by a large cash prize for the first team to provide the possibility of booting Linux on an Xbox without the need of a hardware hack, numerous software-only hacks were also found. For example, a [[buffer overflow]] was found in the game ''[[007: Agent Under Fire]]'' that allowed the [[boot loader|booting]] of a Linux loader ("xbeboot") straight from a save game.
The Xbox is essentially a [[personal computer|PC]] with a custom 733 MHz [[Intel Corporation|Intel]] [[Pentium III#Coppermine|Pentium III]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Shimpi|first=Anand Lal|title=Hardware Behind the Consoles - Part I: Microsoft's Xbox|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/853/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513070021/http://www.anandtech.com/show/853/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 13, 2010|publisher=[[Anand Tech]]|date=21 November 2001|access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref> processor, a 10 GB [[hard disk drive|hard drive]] (8 GB of which is accessible to the user), 64MB of [[Random-access memory|RAM]] (although on all earlier boxes this is upgradable to 128MB), and 4 [[USB]] ports. (The controller ports are actually USB 1.1 ports with a modified connector.) These specifications are enough to run several readily available Linux distributions.
From the Xbox-Linux home page:
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|A distribution based<ref>[http://www.x-dsl.org/wiki/Main_Page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517073749/http://www.x-dsl.org/wiki/Main_Page |date=May 17, 2009 }}</ref> on [[Damn Small Linux]].
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== First-Party Linux Bootloader ==
ZDNet<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xbox hackers attempt to blackmail Microsoft |website=[[ZDNet]] |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/xbox-hackers-attempt-to-blackmail-microsoft-3002136730/ |access-date=June 27, 2003 }}</ref> reported an Australian hacker group announced that if Microsoft did not release a first-party, signed bootloader for Linux, they would release technology that would allow Linux (and pirated software, etc.) to run on the Xbox without a mod chip. Microsoft never released such a bootloader.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hackers release Xbox tool despite Microsoft threats | website=[[ZDNet]]| url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-release-xbox-tool-despite-microsoft-threats|access-date=July 4, 2003}}</ref>
== See also ==
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== External links ==
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* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.xbox-linux.org/down/Xbox-BWL-flat-compressed.pdf Xbox Hacking official document] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112010542/http://www.xbox-linux.org/down/Xbox-BWL-flat-compressed.pdf |date=2016-01-12 }}
* [http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-softmod-your-xbox...for-FREE/ SoftMod Xbox for Free (Hotswap Technique!)]
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