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[[Image:Linux Booting on Xbox screenshot.JPG|thumb|Xebian Booting]]

An Xbox with [[Linux]] installed can act as a full desktop computer with [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] and [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], a web/email box connected to a television, 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 is needed to use keyboards/mice in the controller ports; however this is not difficult, as the Xbox uses a standard USB with a proprietary port.

Currently only a few distributions of Xbox Linux will run on the version 1.6 Xbox (the third newest version, including 1.6b). Xboxes with modchips and the [[Cromwell (computing)|Cromwell]] [[BIOS|bios]] installed can run more distributions than those with only a softmod. This is mainly due to issues with the video chip used in version 1.6 Xboxes that was developed exclusively by Microsoft and which has no source code available at this time. This can cause significant [[overscan]] on all four sides of the screen when a different [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]] than the original is loaded.