WiiLinux!!!

[Beware]

GC-Linux.org have announced they have Linux running natively on the Wii using the Twilight Hack. They have even released a mini-distro/proof-of-concept.

24 Feb 2008: Long time, no see Although we haven't posted any news in the last 2 years, we have silently continued our work keeping the kernel patches up to date. With the latest 2.6.24 release we have added support for the USB Gecko adapter as a console and terminal, so you can now logon into your gc-linux distro using minicom or HyperTerminal. And last but not least, we have finally run natively Linux on the Nintendo Wii through Team Tweezers' twilight-hack. We have released a small usbgecko-enabled Proof of Concept mini-distro to prove it. Did I say have fun?

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[coolbho3000]

Wow. Development has gone so fast now that an exploit has been found.

Good work...

 

[tjas]

The fast development is because of the fact that the wii is almost a gamecube

 

[Urza]

The fast development is because of the fact that the wii is almost a gamecube

 

[Heran Bago]

It's just a matter of time till we can access Wii hardware.
This is cool and all but maaaaan....

 

[JPH]

Hot damn, the Wii Homebrew Scene sure is doing great, lately.

Roll on the Wii Homebrew games

 

[coolbho3000]

The fast development is because of the fact that the wii is almost a gamecube

True, true, but the differences were enough to cause this 1+ year of homebrew drought.

 

[Heran Bago]

Link in OP is broken?

 

[Beware]

Fixed.

 

[coolbho3000]

Fixed.

No, it isn't. :'(

 

[gEist]

try this...

http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading...use_mirror=osdn

 

[Gus122000]

God all these hacks/homebrews released to be used w/o a modchip lol
and no modchip has yet to even have the ability to play homebrew lol
Meh,atleast i don't have to buy a new modchip for homebrew

 

[CockroachMan]

The fast development is because of the fact that the wii is almost a gamecube

True, true, but the differences were enough to cause this 1+ year of homebrew drought.

It took one year for the Zelda exploit to be found!

For now, people are just porting the existing gc homebrew to the Wii.. hoping to see some native wii homebrew soon

 

[Urza]

The fast development is because of the fact that the wii is almost a gamecube

True, true, but the differences were enough to cause this 1+ year of homebrew drought.

Thats not really how it works.

 

[coolbho3000]

The fast development is because of the fact that the wii is almost a gamecube



True, true, but the differences were enough to cause this 1+ year of homebrew drought.

Thats not really how it works.

What of the Starlet? That's a major difference in the Wii's architecture that took the Zelda exploit team some time to find out.

 

[superrob]

A signer tool has been released!!!!

 

[Hyperlisk_]

This just begs for the name Wiinix...

 

[tomqman]

This just begs for the name Wiinix...

lol hopefully we can expect some good wiistuff from now on