The Xbox Linux Project
- Xbox-Linux.SourceForge.Net
- Xbox-Linux.SF.Net
- It seems sites now place in the address bar: Xbox-Linux.org
- Sister site of the younger GameCube-Linux site
- Origin of Cromwell BIOS
- Origin of MechInstaller
- I suspect this site is the home of Ed's Xbox Debian GNU/Linux a.k.a. Xebian, and possibly other Linux releases (such as LiveLinux for the XBox).
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Pros:
- This site has done an excellent job of exploring highly technical issues and providing accurate documentation to what has been found.
- Strong focus on that site to be 100% legal, avoiding anything that may seem questionable when it comes to intellectual property
- Does not always have the most up to date information
- Lacks some of the information on other sites, including what is often the safest, easiest, and technologically best options.
- At least some of the information may be a bit technical, and therefore difficult, for at least some users.
"The Usual Places"
A term used quite a bit in the Xbox Hacking Scene, which annoys the bajeebers out of anybody who doesn't know where "The Usual Places" are and wants access to whatever people seem to always be indicating can be found in "The Usual Places".
- Very generically, "The Usual Places" of getting software refer to the information in this section, as well as the XBINS.Org site for software information and news, as well as X-S for news and forums (the X-S forums are often the best source for official and unofficial support).
- And more generally, "The Usual Places" in the Xbox Hacking Scene refer to the resources listed in this "The Usual Places" section of this page, as well as some of the other resources on this page (like the Xbox-Saves.Com website if dealing with saved games).
- And, even more generically, "The Usual Places" could refer to whatever places are the usual locations to get whatever else might be talked about. For example, the sensitive data known as the XDK may be obtained via Freenet or real-time file exchanges, but likely would not be found in some of "The Usual Places" for getting software that is built with the XDK.
- Usual Places found on Freenet and Frost Frost running on Freenet. "Frost runs on the freenet network and requires freenet to be running to work."
- Usenet alt.binaries.* newsgrouips. BenJeremy, who I suspect wrote X-Select and did post a lot of information on the Things You Must Know About The Xbox, has a page on "The Usual Places" giving newsfeed providers EasyNews.Com (for Usenet Reading Clients and web-based service), UsenetServer.Com (for Usenet Reading Client), and News2Me.com (for web-based service).
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Simplest method: See the directions on the
Information on IRC channel
tutorial on X-S. This is what is referred to by TeamXecutor.Com's
pointer by their
FAQ Question: Where Do I Find A Hacked Dashboard or Bios?.
If you use this option, politeness suggests it may be simply considerate
to first read the web pages on XBins.Org on how to use their site.
How to get files from xbins.
This is "Brought to you by #xbins and team xecuter" (as the
"xbins" bot on EFNet states).
- (Note: I skip step 2 in the instructions from that "usual places" tutorial on xbox-scene.com. Instead of using FlashFXP, I use the FTP cleint bundled in with every version of Windows including and since Windows 95, or the legal, free WS_FTP LE using the personal/acedemic license, or an FTP client on the Xbox.
- Also, I do not blindly follow step 5 of the tutorial by typing "/msg xbins !list", as sometimes the topic of the IRC channel tells me to /msg a different name (namely xbins_). Follow the directions you get when you join the channel. If one EFNet server doesn't let you connect, try another.) (Note: The xbins server will kick a user off quickly if the user is idle. Act fast.)
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A visitor can gird one's self with mIRC and connect to a random EFNet server, join the #xbins channel, and follow directions from there. Generally that involves sending a private /msg message saying "!list" to the entity posessing the IRC nick "xbins" (unless the topic of the #xbins channel says to do something else, like /msg xbins_ instead), and then using an FTP client to connect to distribution.xbins.org with the same username as the IRC nick used by the mIRC user and a password of emulation. Going into IRC is necessary because the FTP passwords are a one-time use and are generated only when the bot on IRC receives a message. This is often referred to as "the usual places" by websites who won't host XDK-created material.
XBins
- http://xbins.org/faq-help.php has a large list of tutorials (most of which are hosted somewhere on the Xbox-Scene.Com site). (I found this URL by looking at the topic on the #xbins-help channel on EFNET on IRC.)
- Full Application List on the Xbins site, also at http://distribution.xbins.org/ Runs the #xbins IRC channel on EFNET. See Tutorial (although I tend to prefer the legal-for-personal-use WS_FTP, and be sure to read the channel's "topic" before blindly following step 5 in the tutorial, just in case someone managed to capture the ID xbins)
- Related pages: As difficult as navigating that site may or may not be, regulars seem pretty intolerant of asking where a particular file is. Using your FTP client, try sending a RAW, literal QUOTe (FlashFXP: RAW command. FTP.EXE built in with Windows: literal. WS_FTP: Right click remote files, and select QUOTe) that says "SITE SEARCH xbedump" to find XBEDump.Exe.
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URLS:
- a.k.a. X-Scene.Com (but TITLE of page and other references still say Xbox-Scene.com). I have had address at X-Scene.com work once in the middle of some night when addresses at Xbox-Scene.com were being unresponsive.
- a.k.a. X-S
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Xbox-Scene.Com has several different resources available, many of which are
not fully explored (and may not even be at all known about) by many
newcomers to the Xbox Hacking Scene.
- News
- News on the scene of Xbox hacking. They are a primary news outlet for different mod-chip manufacturers, and frequently have news on different software that people can run on an Xbox. Other, less frequent news may include reports on how well the Xbox is doing in the marketplace, software tools that can be run from a PC, or different software-based modification techniques.
- Forums
- The manufactueres of mod-chips and the software developers of alternate dashboards have found a nice home at the X-S Forums.
- Tutorials
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Many tutorials may be skipped over, just because people are not aware of
what is available on the site. Some highlights I think would be neat
for people to at least know about (note that I may not have tested
some of these tutorials) include:
- How to fully open an xbox console (fully, meaning directions exist on how to remove the outer case and then the DVD Drive and the Hard Drive and then the motherboard)
- How To Recover A Locked Hard Drive Without Password (From a Dead Motherboard) (v0.1) (a.k.a. a non-beginners guide which requires desoldering and soldering (a.k.a. surgery for electronics) on both the "dead" Xbox as well as a good working one)
- No Modchip Hdd Replacement Tutorial
- HotSwap FAQ
- Guide to Using #Xbins (v0.1) (a.k.a. "The Usual Places")
- Information on the Xbox Differences page on this site came from X-S.
- Things You Must Know About The Xbox says "The xbox is NOT! water proof and dropping it into a swimming pool WILL damage and or destroy the box" (spelling corrected). It has a lot of actually useful information, too, especially in the first two posts. It has some information not yet on this site, especially dealing with mod chips. The information which is there, and on this site, tends to be some of the most important and useful information to know.
Xbox-Saves
Ninja Hacker game hacking.
: Can buy a device, and get saves that you can use with the device. (The saves area seems to be realted to Xbox-Saves.com's)