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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 connector|VGA]] monitor. A converter is needed to use keyboards/mice in the [[Xbox controller|controller]] ports; however this is not difficult, as the Xbox uses 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.
== Softmod ==
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