Comment on Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Fun fact: Microsoft can already do that: Just ship a Windows container on Xbox.
Comment on Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Fun fact: Microsoft can already do that: Just ship a Windows container on Xbox.
Defaced@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Have you ever tried to setup a Windows container let alone one on an Xbox? Even Microsoft knows windows containers are fucking shit, just look at azure Linux, it’s the entire reason for it’s existence
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Linux
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The Xbox System Software contains a heavily modified Hyper-V hypervisor (known as NanoVisor) as its host OS and two partitions. One of the partitions, the “Exclusive” partition is a custom virtual machine (VM) for games; the other partition, the “Shared” partition is a custom VM for running multiple apps including the OS. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software#System
Xbox already runs two VMs. Just throw in a third with real Windows.
Defaced@lemmy.world 2 years ago
A VM and a container are two completely different pieces of technology…
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’m sorry I mixed up the terminology. I was sure the point of “Microsoft can ship Windows with Xbox” came across no matter what.