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Free60 Project warns against 'dangerous', 'homebrew killing' Xbox 360 update
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article published on 12 August, 2009
The Free60 Project - which aims to open up the Xbox 360 to homebrew to the same degree as the original Xbox (or as close as can be achieved) - has warned those who have not already gotten the Tuesday Xbox 360 update to avoid the update altogether. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, its the first Xbox 360 update to overwrite the first stage bootloader of the system.
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12. August 2009 @ 20:16 |
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hrmmm, so should i update so i can play LIVE, or not update in case these people actually make progress and allow linux or something else to be used? i choose LIVE.
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12. August 2009 @ 20:17 |
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A friend passed this news on to me this morning. I watched the video, it'd pretty long, but it's incredibly in-depth too, and very interesting. I haven't updated my XB yet and probably won't. I'll just play my brother's in the meantime.
edit : Yeah, an Xbox just isn't an Xbox without Live. Probably gonna need 2 boxes.
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12. August 2009 @ 23:21 |
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"a vulnerability exists which can be used to boot Linux, or other operating systems, on the Xbox 360 console, and that this hack will be released very soon. The Tuesday update fixes the vulnerability"
So sad...the ability to install linux is considered a vulnrability of the highest order, given far more attention than actual problems.
I can't say much nice about sony, but at least the ability to install linux is built right into the firmware, no vulnrabilities to worry about.
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12. August 2009 @ 23:22 |
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nice dont got live here and will probably end up getting a second xbox for this reason. that would be great if they could make it soft moddable like the original.
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xnonsuchx
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13. August 2009 @ 01:29 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
"a vulnerability exists which can be used to boot Linux, or other operating systems, on the Xbox 360 console, and that this hack will be released very soon. The Tuesday update fixes the vulnerability"
So sad...the ability to install linux is considered a vulnrability of the highest order, given far more attention than actual problems.
I can't say much nice about sony, but at least the ability to install linux is built right into the firmware, no vulnrabilities to worry about.
They even sell pre-configured PS3 Linux clusters for use as server farms...I think the minimum is an 8-unit cluster.
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chris4160
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13. August 2009 @ 07:04 |
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They've had 9 months ffs. If it hasn't happened by now it's not going to happen.
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Mysttic
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13. August 2009 @ 07:08 |
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Never seen the benefit of having a PS3 until now... As for 360 getting a soft-mod, is it really feasible at this time? The games are freaking ass huge, and most people only have a 20GB-60GB drive, you'd be circulating your games every couple of months *faster during X-Mas season* lol.
I guess what I curious about is I still have yet to be able to update my firmware: how will this 360 update effect my ability to update the firmware with JungleFlasher?
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13. August 2009 @ 07:14 |
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Luckily both my consoles updated fine, glad i spent time sorting out the flaky port forwarding, i'd have been more than miffed if my consoles had have been buggered as they're not modded.
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Sam6226
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15. August 2009 @ 07:10 |
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Would this suggest games to be played off the HDD?
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Demonix90
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16. August 2009 @ 19:47 |
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People with 2 360s should update 1 for Live, leave the other to get the softmod. The original Xbox has been turned into one hell of a valuable multi media system. Mine has a 500GB HD, over 70 Xbox games on the HD, and 3000+roms for 10 different emulators. Don't get me started on TV shows...
Needless to say, this is apparently a crucial point in the struggle this team has done. To think some possobilities can exist on the newer system, with newer games...superb. Don't update if you have the option, you won't regret it.
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