what exactly does linux do?

the Linux OS for the wii it says...

does that mean i can run "Linux stuff"

Yes. Linux is a free alternative for Windows. To test it out, burn an Ubuntu CD, place it in your PC CD drive. Then restart, hit the "boot menu" key (it will say on the screen) and choose CD. Try it without change to your computer and you can begin to use it.

Linux is an open source operating system, which means that anyone can look at and edit the "kernel" (i.e. the mani code), and anyone can release their own "distro" (i.e. the kernel + some interface stuff and a bit of extra code). There is now a Linux kernel for the Wii, which allows you to boot several distros on the wii, such as XWhiite. With the MiKe kernel, you can now use WiFi in Wii Linux. However, not all "Linux stuff" will work, there isnt much memory or processing power, and it doesnt have a particaularly popular processor, so not much is coded that will work (afaik, I could be wrong though).

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Yes. Linux is a free alternative for Windows. To test it out, burn an Ubuntu CD, place it in your PC CD drive. Then restart, hit the "boot menu" key (it will say on the screen) and choose CD. Try it without change to your computer and you can begin to use it.

theres another way to install ubuntu linux with this site:wubi installer

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Yes. Linux is a free alternative for Windows. To test it out, burn an Ubuntu CD, place it in your PC CD drive. Then restart, hit the "boot menu" key (it will say on the screen) and choose CD. Try it without change to your computer and you can begin to use it.

theres another way to install ubuntu linux with this site:wubi installer

This, rather than reconfiguring your Hard Drive, makes a "Virtual" Hard Drive which Ubuntu thinks is the real Hard Drive

i think its better i installed linux using wubi

nah, I much rather a dedicated Linux partition, it runs a bit faster and if my Windows partition gets screwed up for whatever reason, I still have Linux as a backup

im not worried about my hdd getting screwed up i have restore discs and backups of everything i need

I personally have a dedicated partition, I want my computer to run speedily with my compiz effects. But if you use something like WUbI or mint4Win you don't have to worry about your Hard Drive, and if the installation fails it's as simple as deleting a file.

This is a bit off topic, but if I have an external hard drive, can I install Linux on it, and then from the Boot Menu screen on my pc run the operating system from the external hard drive?

Yes, in the way you would boot a CD

EDIT: it'd be all slow motion like because USB is slow.



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I plug it in through my firewire port, I don't suppose it would run faster that way would it?

quick question: how can i transfer files from windows to linux on my pc, like all my music and stuff
i used wubi installer

Hmm, did it make a partition on your hard drive (i.e. is there an extra hard drive in My Computer?) Not sure if wubi does it like this, but I think it should, so just copy the files to that drive, to the folder with your username (I think)

no wubi doesnt make a partition

yeah yeah...but how do i put it on the wii??

You can't use WUbI on the Wii, you need to partition the Hard Drive or wait for Miight. I'd wait for MIKE, it's going to be a lot better.

MiKe is available...and there is no hard drive on the wii to partition. I have seen a decent guide to getting XWhiite up and running with MiKe, but I cant link to it here, as its on a fail site (nothing wrong with the actual guide, but alot of stuff on the site is piracy related, you can probably guess the site :P). Oh, and I'm pretty sure Miight was cancelled.

mikep4 was released on 9/21, but here is my guide for mikep3. It covers how to install and use the mikep3 kernel with xwhite and configure wifi support.

[www.tehskeen.com]

I'm not sure how the new kernel changes affect wifi setup, because I haven't tried it out yet. My assumption is that it would be easier.