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'''That said, don't be discouraged from having a play with Wii Linux if you already own a Wii. It's great fun! END TRANSMISSION'''
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−'''DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE: Wii Linux is several years old (last release in late-2009) and is no longer actively maintained. In recent times, there's been newer alternative hardware platforms released that cover what people used to use Wii Linux for, eg the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi Raspberry Pi] computer. By all means people should play around with Wii Linux still, but consider if you want to use an unmaintained, buggy Linux port for the powerpc-based Wii or the well-supported linux distributions and large community of the ARM-based Raspberry Pi (hardware that has comparable graphical processing power to a Wii)'''
+'''NOTICE:'''The Wii Linux(or gc-linux) builds are several years old (last release in late-2009) and it seems they are no longer being actively maintained by the original authors. Please note, their are alternatives released that cover what some people used Wii Linux for, like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi Raspberry Pi](which does have a comparable GPU on it). However, another author has continued development on the forwarding the kernel patch [https://github.com/DeltaResero/ [1]]
−'''Wii-Linux''' is a port of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] kernel and related [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Core_Utilities GNU userspace utilities] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii Nintendo Wii video game console]. Many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution distributions of GNU/Linux] are available for the Wii. All current distributions use a version of the "gc-linux" kernel, a port of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel Linux kernel] by the [http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page GC-Linux project].
'''Wii-Linux''' is a port of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] kernel and related [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Core_Utilities GNU userspace utilities] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii Nintendo Wii video game console]. Many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution distributions of GNU/Linux] are available for the Wii. All current distributions use a version of the "gc-linux" kernel, a port of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel Linux kernel] by the [http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page GC-Linux project].
−Wii-Linux may be loaded through the [[Homebrew Channel]] but is recommended to be loaded through [[bootmii]] to enable Wi-Fi and USB2.0 support.
+Wii-Linux may be loaded through the [[Homebrew Channel]] but is recommended to be loaded through [[bootmii]]/[[MINI]] to enable Wi-Fi and USB2.0 support.
The kernel itself can communicate with nearly all Wii peripherals; Wii Remotes, Wi-Fi, USB, Bluetooth, GameCube controllers, USBGeckos and the DVD drive are supported. GameCube Memory Cards are currently unsupported.
The kernel itself can communicate with nearly all Wii peripherals; Wii Remotes, Wi-Fi, USB, Bluetooth, GameCube controllers, USBGeckos and the DVD drive are supported. GameCube Memory Cards are currently unsupported.