Homebrew Wii Ubuntu?

[NosferatuZODD]

there's a linux distro (damn small linux) for the xbox (XDSL) that's probably what the poster is looking for. If it can run on the xbox (64 megs of Ram) then it can most likely run on the Wii given the expertise to port it over.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

Ah, Ubuntu. I'm running it on my PC here, it rocks

It would be nice to use it on the Wii. No, not really actually. It would be great to see it running, but it wouldn't be useful at all

Imagine Canonical pressing Ubuntu DVDs to work on the Wii

(No no, bla bla, no possible, trucha sign, bla bla, I know

)

 

[AeroHex]

i know it sounds weird but i thinks it possible is there a OS for the wii with a GUI?

 

[raulpica]

i know it sounds weird but i thinks it possible is there a OS for the wii with a GUI?

Enjoy.



Dunno if Nuvalo is still working on it though.

 

[AeroHex]

i know it sounds weird but i thinks it possible is there a OS for the wii with a GUI?

Enjoy.



Dunno if Nuvalo is still working on it though.

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!

 

[m-p{3}]

Maybe a PowerPC version of Xubuntu could be a possibility.

 

[Hitto]

I wonder how we used to fare with our 16 and 32 megs of ram back in the day... Oh wait, perfectly well!
slap a ten-year old PPC distro on it and it should work...

 

[Matalok]

I wonder how we used to fare with our 16 and 32 megs of ram back in the day... Oh wait, perfectly well!
slap a ten-year old PPC distro on it and it should work...

Or even 4-8mb RAM, in the early Debian days:

QUOTEYou must have at least 4MB of RAM and 40MB of hard disk. If you want to install everything from the chess game through the printed-circuit design software, you'll need 300MB or more. The disk interfaces that emulate the "AT" hard disk interface which are often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA are supported. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers are supported. See the Hardware Compatibility List for more details.

Debian 1.1 Installation README

Ahh, the good ol' days

 

[Jm9760]

I think you guys are mistaken. There is a specific version of Ubuntu for powerpc, which is the type of processor that the wii uses. So someone with the right skills should be able to port Ubuntu without a problem.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads

 

[bertjan]

Take a look over here:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=118672

 

[djdynamite123]

looking better & better wii linux

 

[Arm the Homeless]

Back to the original topic, Ubuntu won't happen on the Wii.

The GNOME Desktop Environment is much too heavy for the Wii.
XFCE maybe or LXDE. But I'm talking more about Busybox or Fluxbox.

And Ubuntu hasn't supported the PPC architecture since 7.04, which is I think no longer supported.

Look to Gentoo or Arch Linux. (Arch is text based, install GUI yourself like on current Wii Linux)

 

[AeroHex]

look theres a windows xp clone for the ds
so why not a port/clone for the wii

i read in the user news some one made a linux with gui booting firefox etc

 

[agentgamma]

look theres a windows xp clone for the ds

Thats just made to LOOK like XP

 

[Arm the Homeless]

If anybody thinks that Windows XP can run on the DS or Wii (hell, it barely runs on the PS3) then they are sadly mistaken.

 

[djdynamite123]

If anybody thinks that Windows XP can run on the DS or Wii (hell, it barely runs on the PS3) then they are sadly mistaken.

Can't shoot someone down for "Ambitious" thinking hehe, erm course you can...NOPE

 

[Arm the Homeless]

Don't know why anybody would WANT to run Windows XP on any platform at all.

It's a horrible OS.

But since it was too good for Microsoft's standards, they made Vista.

 

[Valgreen]

look theres a windows xp clone for the ds
so why not a port/clone for the wii

i read in the user news some one made a linux with gui booting firefox etc

..you said it in your first line... "CLONE"...its made to look like winxp, there is nothing at ALL similar to win XP other than the gfx and icons.. and yes your right, there is a new ver of wii linux out there (based upon GC Linux, which is debian based) which is now running a basic Xorg gui..now this is very basic, it is great in terms of getting X to run on wii, thats a feat in upon itself and props to the dev... however i doubt there will ever be a functional linux distro on the wii..best thing i can see is someone getting flash 9 and java working on iceweasel (firefox) which would then make it great to stream vids from alluc, megavideo etc etc....