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An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop computer with [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] and [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], a web/email box connected to a [[Television|TV]], a server, router or a node in a cluster. One can either [[dual-boot]] or use Linux only; in the latter case, one can replace both [[Advanced Technology Attachment|IDE]] devices. One can also connect the Xbox to a [[VGA monitor]]. A converter may be needed to use keyboards/mice in the controller ports, however this is fairly easy to achieve, due to the Xbox using a USB style connector.
As of now only a few distributions of Linux will run on the 1.6 Xbox (the third newest version, including 1.6b). Xboxes with a modchip with the [[Cromwell (computing)|Cromwell]] [[bios]] installed can run more distributions than with only a softmod. This is mainly due to complications used the new video chip used in V1.6 Xboxes that was developed exclusively by [[Microsoft]] which has no [[source code]] available at this time, which causes major [[overscan]] on all four sides of the screen when a different [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]] than the original is loaded.
== Installation Methods ==
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