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.

I tried this a long time ago. My conclusion was that there is not really a way to install Linux on the Xbox One. There have been reports that have run Linux inside of a jail/VM, but things don't seem to mesh correctly like network connectivity. There is a whole hacking and modding the boot chain. I gave up. LOL

Perhaps there has been progress since I last tried. Also, very possible, I didn't have the skills to pull it off. Perhaps someone else will chime in.

Just find an old office PC. It'll do just as much as (if not more than) an Xbox One X, which runs even older hardware.

A lot of people start with old Dell Optiplexes for self hosting because businesses dump them on the market cheap when they get old. But an old PC will work just fine as a server. I think the 7040 is a good buy, you could maybe go even older. I have a computer with a Haswell era cpu still being useful.

You can find the nicest CPU they’ll take for a couple bucks on eBay too.

You can't really install Linux

I would just get a old workstation

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Little late but I doubt Microsoft wants to relive the horrors of JTAG/RGH Xbox 360’s hence the locked down systems.