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Wii Will Have an Updatable Linux OS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguin-with-a-wand dept.

eldavojohn writes "There's bits and pieces of information floating around that revolve around Iwata Asks interviews on Nintendo's website. What I found interesting was the tidbit about the updatable operating system: 'Wii is the first system from Nintendo that we can continue to be involved in (via operating system updates) after the customer buys it. This means that Wii will greatly expand and diversify the ways in which people will enjoy games in the future.' The Wii is reported to operate on top of a proprietary form of the Linux kernel, although there are already efforts to make a GNU/Linux for the console. So, the answer to the age old question is that it already runs Linux."

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  1. Wow! by j0nkatz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It runs Linux?!?! GREAT!
    Another device to scratch off my want list.

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    Don't mod me, bro'!!!!
    1. Re:Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That signature's great. :) I sit on the phone talking to babes all day. Doesn't mean I'm invited to their house afterward(often).

  2. Real (Genius) age-old question... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    • Chris: So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
    • Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
    • Chris: Not right now.
    • Susan: A girl's gotta have her standards.
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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
  3. Will Wii Win With Wifi ? by GodWasAnAlien · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone know Whyy Wiiiii is a siiillyy name?

  4. Oooo by shaze · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just the idea that Nintendo could be in any way affiliated with OSS make me want to jerk off over that Wii vs PS3 video on Tube....

    Go Fantasies!