I’ve set up my Dockstar as a broadband router and home server running my very own FreeBSD distribution. It performs admirably running PF/ALTQ, nginx, ISC-DHCPd, miniupnpd, BIND, and NTPd.
My Dockstar
The Dockstar has one LAN port, so the WAN interface is USB. The obviously-homebrew wire is RX, TX, and ground for the serial console.
My configuration files are in a GitHub repo.
There’s an entirely new section of Cooltrainer all about running FreeBSD on Kirkwood plug computers.
13GiB of usable space is nothing in 2010. With the SMC hack, the Xbox 360 can use any hard drive instead of just those signed by Microsoft. Homebrew programs like FreeStyle and XeXLoader can make use of USB hard drives for game storage, but saved games, title updates, XBLA games (Unless you waste a lot of time with Quickboot), and DLC needs to be stored on the internal drive.
Read on while I walk through the replacement.
My spare Xbox 360 is ready for the Free60 SMC hack. It’s a Xenon board running 2.0.7371.0. The 360 homebrew scene is still embryonic, but hopefully the platform will end up with cool software like XBMC. If you want to read about the technical details of why the SMC hack works, check out this page on the Eurasia.nu wiki.
My budget finally allowed for an upgrade from my Boston computer speakers, and I thought it would be a fun project to build my own.
Amarok and gtkpod were both having trouble with the iTunes DB on my 4th-gen iPod, so I took a chance and tried Rockbox 3.5.
It’s really nice, and I should have switched years ago! ReplayGain and drag-and-drop support are both very welcome.
This is the only good theme I found. Seriously. The only one.
Looks like it is once again possible to protect your game discs (by playing backups) and enjoy Xbox Live at the same time.
I took a few photos while flashing the new firmware to my Xbox’s Lite-On 83850c V2.
Same friend. Same thrift store. Different keyboard. Different problem.
