Xbox Linux Project

http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/

The Linux Xbox Project is an interesting port of Linux to another Microsoft product. Quoting from the site:

• The project is completely legal
• We do not have anything to do with software piracy and we are not interested in it at all.
• We do not use any non-licensed software for development, such as the Xbox SDK
• Reverse engineering of the Xbox system software is only done in compliance with corresponding local laws

In short, the project is really intended to leverage the hardware of the Xbox to create a small desktop computer that may or may not run Windows 2000 within a virtual machine. These are the types of esoteric projects from which much is often learned. If you’re interested in unique ways to utilize the power of Linux, the Xbox Linux Project should be right up your alley.