is xbox an operating system?

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  1. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak

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    just out of sheer curiosity, i know that an xbox is composed of parts that are used in computers like an mx nvidia vid card and hd, dvd-rom etc. but since thats all true does that mean that XBOX is an operating system or an integrated part in the motherboard?
     
  2. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    XBox's OS is a tweaked version of Windows 2000. It runs on the hard drive, but in a section which is marked as read-only by its special BIOS.
     
  3. JAY

    JAY sCoRpiOn

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    i once read in a magazine that workers of the linux actually hacked the system and used d xbox to operater linux based applications..m not sure but they did open the xbox n do some stuff to it..i read it in a mag b4 last year..ill get some info next time i post..
     
  4. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    Yes, you can hack an XBOX and run Linux on it, since it's just a PC at heart. But it does take some modification to do.
     
  5. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    also if you try and edit the boot sector, it's a fake. It's just rewritten on bootup
     
  6. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    a mech assault disc, the original not game of the year or anything. A usb pen drive, some special linux for the occasion i can't remember which. Also an adapter used for some games that enable a usb pen drive to be plugged into the controller is used. You just load the linux off the pen drive through mech assault.
     
  7. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    So the developers of mech assault intended this to happen?

    Surprised they didn't get sued for or something.
     
  8. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    I know specially with money grabbing MS being the creators of xbox
     
  9. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    wasn't intended, just a security hole found
     
  10. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    WOW an ms security hole now theres a surprise :D
     

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