Now that the Xbox 360 is available in the US, many exotic projects are started around the new MS game box. One of the firsts, named
free60, aims to port Linux and Darwin on the Xbox360. There is of course a big interest to install Darwin on the Xbox 360 since its "heart" a Tri-core PPC is quite close the to G5; Darwin being one of the key parts of OSX.
Of course, the project is just starting, and they are collecting info and technotes. There is no distributed files. To start, they will have to find a way to boot from another OS than the one installed in the Xbox 360. Then, one will have to create a kernel able to manage the basic layer of the system such as processor specificities and memory management.
Of course, making Linux running on the game box is linked to the possibility to play hacked games. Manufacturers (except SONY with the PS2) are doing their best to protect their products, and for sure are not keen on distributing information that could allow users to use the game console for something else it was designed for (such as running Linux on it). So the Free60 project will not succeed tomorrow, and it could take months or years before seeing Linux or Darwin running on a Xbox 360. For the first Xbox, it took one year, and MS did not really protect its first game console against such exploit; for sure it is a different story with the Xbox360.
If you think that you can help this project and bring your stones to build it and make it real, the mailing list is now opened :
http://lists.sourceforge.net/...devel
