Writing for ZDNet UK, Matthew Broersma reports on the latest progress of porting Linux to the Xbox . . .

“The Xbox Linux Project, a volunteer effort aimed at running the Linux operating system on Microsoft's Xbox gaming console, said it has succeeded in booting the Linux kernel — a small but important step forward . . . “

“The kernel success follows the creation of a small application called 'linuxpreview' that demonstrated that code could be written to execute on the Xbox system software without the use of a proprietary development kit . . . ”

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