07-01-14 08:04 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Linux & X-Box   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <53B331BC.12999.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    EV>IIRC You talked in some echo about using some version of Linux on a   
    EV>X-BOX 360 Console.   
      
    EV>Does the X-Box 360 have enought RAM and CPU Speed to justify doing it?   
      
    EV>A Friend has a X-Box 360 with a 60GB HDD.   
      
    EV>He says the HDD is about 1/2 full with the games and music CDs he has   
    EV>on it and I told him he could buy an External USB 1TB HDD and I could   
    EV>partition the HDD to several 32GB sections so he can put Gobs and Gobs   
    EV>of stuff on it and he thinks:   
      
    EV>"If it doesn't come from Microsoft that it is 'illegal' to to that."   
      
    EV>I told him a X-Box 360 Console is just a dedicated pc and that all the   
    EV>game consoles from the Atari 2600 on up to what is available today are   
    EV>just dedicated pcs.   
      
    EV>Am I far from wrong?  Thanks!   
      
    TW> Hacking, Instaling linux or modifying it for other purposes,   
    TW> the X-Box is technicaly ILLEGAL And Microsoft has taken some to   
    TW> court for doing so.   
      
   Tom,   
      
   I wonder why?   
      
   An X-Box is just a motherboard fitted with parts and wires.   
      
   I could erase XP on this box and put Linux on it, what's the difference   
   ain't Parts, Parts?   
      
   MS might have a higher price for their parts and very limited storage   
   size, (my Friend says he could get a bigger HDD for his X-Box and I   
   tell him he can get 3 times more HDD for less money.   
      
   IIRC MS allows up to a 32GB USB HDD, why not get a cheap 500GB HDD and   
   make some 32GB Logical Partitions on it and use the whole 500GB for   
   less than MS charges for their plug in 500GB HDD.   
      
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