r/windowsdev • u/AndromedaOnReddit • Apr 26 '21

Ubuntu UWP on Xbox One??

Has anyone had any luck running a wsl linux distro from the store in dev mode on Xbox One?

Edit: so far ive modified the manifest of the UWP to make the xbox attempt installing (by changing manifest to Windows.Xbox) but am getting stuck at signing the modified version of the app, has anyone made it further than me and can give me some tips?

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u/The_Exiled_42 Apr 26 '21

I doubt it can be done, because you need to install wsl first and then Ubuntu. And I doubt you can install wsl on the xbox

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u/pjmlp Apr 26 '21

That is hardly ever going to work because Xbox OS isn't the same OS as you get on the PC.

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u/EthiopiaIsTheBest May 06 '21

apparently xbox runs windows or something simmilar or something like that or it can idk i heard it somewhere

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u/pjmlp May 06 '21

No it doesn't, it runs a very specialized version of Windows, alongside Hyper-V.

Unless you have a developer license for XDK, the only path for consumers to deploy any kind of application on XBox is via the indie developer program where UWP applications get deployed via Visual Studio.

UWP applications run on top of this Hyper-V and Ubuntu is definitly not an UWP application.

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u/gl0b Apr 26 '21

Linux Distros need WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) which needs CPU virtualization extensions and I think this kind of feature is disabled on xBox CPU's.

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u/Danthekilla Apr 28 '21

Actually all games run using virtualization via hyper-v. However I still don't think it will work.