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dookie Oct 13, 2013 @ 11:39am
steamOS on a jtag xbox?
i was thinking about this, since steam os is supposed to be very open and hackable, and since i and alot of people already have an xbox 360 collecting dust, it would be awesome if somebody was able to put a version of it to a jtagged xbox. since a jtagged xbox CAN already run linux/ubuntu. this would be amazing purley for game streaming from my pc to the xbox, using the xbox controller
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Iperpido Oct 14, 2013 @ 2:10am 
The problem is the processor architecture.
It's a PowerPC processor, like many old Macs.
This means it can run Linux and open source software compiled for the powerpc architecture, but NOT steam, wich is for x86 architecture only.

Maybe it will run if Valve will ports Steam and SteamOS also on PowerPC, or maybe someone can try to make it run using qemu. but probably it will be a very slow solution, not suitable for gaming.

EDIT: It seems that THE WOLE STEAMOS will be Open Source. if that's true.... yes, it should work, once recompiled for the PowerPC architecture.
But you will not be able to run games directly on the xbox, you will have to use the game streaming feature.
Last edited by Iperpido; Oct 14, 2013 @ 2:14am
dookie Oct 14, 2013 @ 2:31am 
yes game streaming is all i want. :)
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Date Posted: Oct 13, 2013 @ 11:39am
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