07-01-14 16:19 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about Linux & X-Box

 SD> {at}MSGID: 
 SD> Hello, Ed.

 SD> 30 Jun 14 at 17:18, you wrote to me:

 EV> IIRC You talked in some echo about using some version of Linux on a
 EV> X-BOX 360 Console.

 SD> No, it is the original XBox.  I know nothing about the new
 SD> systems and I do not know if you can install Linux on any XBox
 SD> model after that.

Thanks Sean,

My 'remember-er' doesn't always retain all of the details.

 EV> "If it doesn't come from Microsoft that it is 'illegal' to to
that."

 SD> If you modify Windows in any way besides the ways that are
 SD> built-in, that's illegal too, but people still do it.

I only modify Windows when Woody Leonhard says to.
And this XP box I run is forgotten by MS even though Woody says there
is a recent Report that XP gained a few fractions of a point and 8/8.1
lost a bit of a fraction of a point.

 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.

 SD> Yes.

Thanks for the confirmation!
73

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