Several newbie questions.....

[haech]

Hi,
right I've looked at a few sites and I just wanna find out some more before I think about doing anything. I know you probably get asked these questions alot so feel free to flame - I don't care

1:
How hard it chipping a x-box? I assume it's just soldering in a new chip. Would you have to install extra software to run backups? What is the best chip out there?

2:

I have heared that the x-box can be unstable, how dose chipping affect this? Are there things I would need to install to help issues?

3:

With the games that will fit on a CD can a, cheaper, CD be used?

4:

Will a chipped x-box have any problems with connecting to other x-boxes?

5:

I have read somewhere that you can update the media player or something, dose this mean I could put a DivX file on a CD and then play it on a X-box?

6:

I have also noticed talk of emulators for different systems avalable. Which systems are avalable? How do you go about runing the ROMs?

7:

Backing up games ..... I have read that you connect your x-box via a normal Lan lead and put the whole DVD across. Is there a way to read straight from the DVD?

8:

If I connect the box up to a vid and then a TV (I have only one scart socket and it is normaly ocupied by sky) will I have the same problem as the PS2 with the copywrite protection?

9:

UK suppliers of chips. links please

10:

I read that they were trying to get Linux on a x-box did they succed?

Thanks in advance.
-How.