Xbox update shuts out Linux
News The update disables the bug that allowed Linux to be installed, according to Michael Steil, one of the principal members of the Xbox Linux Project. Steil noted that Microsoft's actions might even be subject to penalties under Germany's anti-hacker...
[September 16, 2003, 17:39]
Hackers make Xbox into a Windows PC
News Germany-based Michael Steil, who acts as project leader, said the programmers decided to boot Windows 2000 as a way of making sure that an Xbox running Linux was fully PC-compatible. The Xbox is built on standard PC hardware, including an Intel...
[September 30, 2002, 12:49]
Xbox Linux project gets $200,000 developer lure
News Project maintainer Michael Steil emphasised that Xbox Linux is designed to be completely legal, and programmers with inside knowledge of the Xbox code are requested not to participate. We do not use any non-licensed software for development, such...
[July 2, 2002, 16:21]
Linux kernel makes Xbox appearance
News Xbox Linux, led by Michael Steil of Germany, is aimed at developing a legal way to turn the console into a full-featured Linux workstation. Steil announced that the kernel had booted on the Xbox Hacker site late on Friday.
[August 13, 2002, 15:55]
Xbox Linux team issues antitrust plea
News The Xbox PC is a standard PC," wrote Xbox Linux members Andy Green, Milosch Meriac and Michael Steil. A group of Linux programmers has sent an open letter to the European Commission, asking the EU's executive arm to protect their efforts to build...
[March 7, 2003, 13:50]
Programmer puts penguin on Xbox
News Michael Steil, a German programmer, has built an application called "linuxpreview", which simply flashes the Xbox LED and draws a penguin on the Xbox start-up screen, along with the message "Xbox Linux Coming Soon!
[July 8, 2002, 15:25]
Xbox goes online... with Linux
News Michael Steil, the Germany-based project leader, said he hopes the release will encourage more developers to contribute to the project. Steil claims that the project's work is protected under the "reverse engineering" clause in the Digital...
[August 21, 2002, 13:01]
Xbox transformed into Linux PC
News Michael Steil, the project maintainer, said that Xbox Linux is less about attacking Microsoft than about opening up the possibilities of the console's hardware to uses other than those hard-wired into it.
[September 3, 2002, 13:38]
