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Xbox One X to Linux Questions (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have an old Xbox One X (the 1tb model) that I would love to turn into a Linux box to do self hosting. While I do my best to find tutorials online for installing Linux, I was hoping I could pick y’all’s brains on your experiences for upgrading:

  1. Best hard drives to use (internal and/or USB3)?
  2. Can the RAM be upgraded?
  3. Can the Bluray be replaced with a hard drive?
  4. Anything else I’m missing and don’t know to ask about?

Thanks!

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[–] 33 points 4 months ago (12 children)

You can't put Linux on an Xbox One Series X. The security system prevents running unsigned code and the bootloader will only boot the Xbox operating system. There has never been an exploit found for the Xbox One Series X or S for unlocking the bootloader.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I’m starting to realize this via my research. This is very disappointing (but not surprising).

    What a waste.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    I guess you could wait until it is cracked. But by then, I think it is best to use a old pc.

    You say also if RAM can be upgraded. Consoles are not like PCs in terms of customizations. Only the old ones that have been cracked. You can't.

    But your enthusiasm is there. That's cool.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Xbox One Series X or S

    I think there's a bit of confusion due to Microsoft's insane naming conventions. These consoles exist:

    1. Xbox One
    2. Xbox One X
    3. Xbox Series S
    4. Xbox Series X

    OP is talking about (2).

    Technically there has been an exploit found:

    https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/microsofts-unhackable-xbox-one-has-been-hacked-by-bliss-the-2013-console-finally-fell-to-voltage-glitching-allowing-the-loading-of-unsigned-code-at-every-level

    But it might be only for (1) and it's not clear if there's a practical way to use it yet.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I've wondered about the names for years, never enough to search it. They really did a godawful job. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 works as does adding Super or whatever. Thanks for listing them out

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    Its worse.

    • Xbox
    • Xbox 360
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox One S|X
    • Xbox Series S|X

    I am expecting the next generation to be Xbox Series 2 X|S

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Ah, dang. Yeah I worded mine to mean the Series X because I thought they were talking about that. I forgot about the non Series X.

    On that exploit, yeah I think it's just the first Xbox One. And given it's soldering and applying voltages right to the chip, and it's nowhere near developed to booting a different OS, it might as well be non-existent at this point

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