The competition between Windows and Linux continues, but Microsoft still maintains a commanding lead over its open-source rival. That’s not necessarily because Linux doesn’t offer enough features, especially when it comes to security, but more that not only is Windows more user-friendly and usually comes pre-installed on most PCs.

But, one thing in Linux’s favor is that as an open source product developers can make it available for a variety of platforms, and Homebrew has now brought the OS to the Nintendo Wii. Now, QJ.NET reports that the port was developed by Homebrew’s team.

This runs in a unmodified Nintendo Wii console with the help of the Twilight hack v0.1-alpha2 loader. Before doing anything, be sure that you have the following in your possession:

* A Nintendo Wii
* A SD card
* A SD card adapter for the Nintendo GameCube
* (optional, recommended) a USB Gecko adapter

So if you meet the above mentioned requirements then just download the file open the Readme.txt file and follow the instructions.

However it seems fun that you can run a Linux on your Nintendo Wii but I don’t see the purpose of it. I mean, why would anyone not load Super Mario Brawl or Starwars and run Linux instead? That’s not what they bought the console for, right?

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