Apparently a German hacker managed to get Linux running on an Xbox 360 console. Real or fake — what are your thoughts? Video after the jump.

Now, in a tantalizing bit of showmanship put on by a cloaked hacker at the 23C3 Hacker Congress in Germany, a modified Xbox 360 (note attached circuit board) is shown loading Ubisoft’s King Kong game just before displaying a trio of dancing 360, Tux, and (old) MacOS logos with the words “coming soon.”

[via engadget]

Apparently a German hacker managed to get Linux running on an Xbox 360 console. Real or fake — what are your thoughts? Video after the jump.

Now, in a tantalizing bit of showmanship put on by a cloaked hacker at the 23C3 Hacker Congress in Germany, a modified Xbox 360 (note attached circuit board) is shown loading Ubisoft’s King Kong game just before displaying a trio of dancing 360, Tux, and (old) MacOS logos with the words “coming soon.”

[via engadget]

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