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wii rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Bogan@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 months ago

73 MB of RAM, ouch

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And not even continuous ram! The wii had 2 bits, 24MB fast memory ( mem1 ) and 64 MB of slower memory (mem2) haha

[-] Bogan@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Please keep telling us Wii facts, this is important

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Most of what i know is from year and years of working on the console and are found on wiibrew.org haha

[-] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Damn Small Linux can run a graphical desktop environment with as little as 16 MB of RAM (although 24 is recommended).

That really makes me want to see a Wii with a mouse and keyboard plugged in displaying a spreadsheet or something. Unfortunately DSL only supports x86. Theoretically it could be ported to PPC like Void Linux was, though I don't know if all the tweaks they did to make the kernel and pre-installed packages as small as possible would make that harder.

[-] Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 2 months ago

Does the wii have a keyboard add-on?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago

It has two USB ports. The stock OS can even access keyboards.

[-] Bogan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

And USB LAN too!

[-] Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, I'd forgot

[-] Bogan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

https://wii-linux.org/

Here's the website, I have nothing to do with this.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Hostname: Mercur-Wii

Nice

[-] FQQD@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

that's not a lot of dadotaded wam I don't think

[-] jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

I've been wanting to try this for ages, but never got round to it. How long did it take to get installed? Do you recommend it, even if just for the memes.

[-] Bogan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Linux portion wasn't long at all, it's just a matter of putting files on an SD and unpacking other files to a second SD or flash drive with Linux, then it just boots (if you already have BootMii installed). Probably about half an hour.

Installing HomeBrew Channel and BootMii is another story, I did that last year and don't remember how long it takes. I can look for the guide I used and post it here when I find it (Pretty sure it was this). This part is also pretty straight forward iirc, but I'm not sure if/how things have changed.

I would totally recommend it! It's shockingly responsive / usable and it seems like the devs have a ton of packages compiled for it in the repos.

I've been hoping/mildly trying to get a terminal on a CRT TV for years without buying hardware and this is an awesome implementation, especially with the component cable. Gonna turn it into a jukebox with CMUS or something.