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Gentoo LiveCD Xenon Beta v2: TS-H943 Support - Free60 Asks to Open Platform
>> Like they announced last week, Stonersmurf of Team Free60 released a new version of the 'Full' Gentoo LiveCD for Xbox360 (kernel 4532/4548 only) with support for the Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943 ODD and more:
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gentoo-livecd-xenon-beta-v2
This is a liveCD for Linux on the Xbox 360. It is based on the experimental gentoo liveCD.
It has a few changes to boot on the Xbox 360 (codename xenon).
Changes to the previous BETA (v1) include:
* New 2.6.21 based kernel
* Improved networking support
* Improved framebuffer kernel level support
* Supports Toshiba-Samsung drives, now
How does it work ?
Burn gentoo-livecd-xenon-beta-v2.iso.
Upload the cdreader binary via serial, or use the new king kong patcher with built-in readcd code, this will open the dvd tray.
Put the gentoo-livecd-xenon-beta CD in the drive.
cdreader will automatically start the xell bootloader located at lba 0x20 on this cd and boot the Linux Kernel.
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Free60 Team even issued a press release for this new version ... so we'll share that too:
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Lübeck/Sunnyvale/Tokyo - Tuesday, May 8th 2007
The free60 project today announced the release of a new Live CD enabling users to try out the GNU/Linux Open Source operating system on Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming consoles. The new Live CD supports all Xbox 360 consoles with firmware versions 4532 and 4548 and can be run without affecting the console's normal functionality. It conatins the latest free60 patches against the Linux kernel 2.6.21 and ships with a full Gnome desktop environment, including applications like Firefox and Evolution. It also offers an entire 64-bit PowerPC compiler toolchain for developers.
"We are quite happy that so many things are already working flawlessly", said project founder Michael Steil this morning referring to the full support for the console's networking, USB, SATA and framebuffer chipsets within the kernel. "But we are still far from where we want to be." On his opinion, especially the lack of accelerated X11 graphics drivers and missing sound support prevent GNU/Linux on the Xbox 360 from being superior to the version of GNU/Linux for its competitor, Sony's PlayStation 3.
"We are hard-working on both graphics and sound, but the lack of documentation of the chips used is giving us a hard time.", states Felix Domke, who made the first set of kernel patches available in March this year.
The free60 project is especially proud that all this has been achieved in only 18 months after the initial release of the console, despite Microsoft's enormous efforts to lock out homebrew development on their platform. "It is very questionable how much Microsoft seems to be concerned about locking out the homebrew scene, fixing the homebrew vulnerability in just 10 days, while they haven't fixed the holes that have been allowing piracy for more than 12 months", says Axel Auweter from the free60 project. Meanwhile, the search for other vulnerabilities in the Xbox 360's hypervisor based protection is continued by various people in the scene to enable homebrew development on devices with newer firmware versions than 4548.
Domke's conclusion: "There will always be ways for homebrew development on gaming consoles. If the people at Microsoft had offered a legal way for real homebrew development, like Sony does, they would be facing a much smaller community of hackers and there would be no core hack on the Xbox 360 by today". Therefore, the free60 project again calls on Microsoft to open their platform for homebrew development.
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Official Site: www.free60.org
Download Gentoo LiveCD Xenon Beta v2 (621MB): here
Detailed instructions to boot this disc on a Xbox360: here[free60.org]
Discuss this news item on our forums: forums.xbox-scene.com
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