Writing at ZDNet (UK), Matthew Broersma reports that the Xbox Linux Project has released software that allows the console to deploy across a network . . .

“Owners of an Xbox don't necessarily need to wait until the November launch of Microsoft's Xbox Live to get their console online. With a modification chip and a little technical ingenuity, the Xbox can now act as a simple Web server running on the Linux operating system.”

“This feat is made possible by a loosely organised group of programmers centred in Europe, who have created a version of the Linux core, or kernel, that can load on the Xbox hardware. The Xbox Linux Project , as it is called, draws on the fact that the Xbox is based on industry-standard PC hardware, and in fact plans to turn the machine into a fully functional PC . . . “

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