Category Archives: Wii

Debian Installer for Wii

Posted on August 17, 2011 by farter

Note: this is work-in-progress. This note will be gone when the post is finished. Being the distro with the most versatile CPU architecture support, it was no wonder that Debian and its derivative systems were the first to be installed … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Wii | Tagged , , , , | 75 Comments

Hacking Up an RGB Framebuffer Driver for Wii-Linux – Take Two

Posted on July 31, 2011 by farter

Note: For background information and ‘take one’, please see the previous post on this topic. There will be as little repetition as possible in this post. After the previous post on this topic went online, Malcolm Parsons from DSlinux commented … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Wii | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

Wii Framebuffer Driver Performance Benchmarks II

Posted on July 31, 2011 by farter

This is the raw output of x11perfcomp -ro. Tests were run under Debian 5.0.8 at 640x480x16bit. For details on the different driver modes, please see this post.

Posted in Linux, Wii | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Wii Framebuffer Driver Performance Benchmarks II

Hacking Up an RGB Framebuffer Driver for Wii-Linux

Posted on June 22, 2011 by farter

Update: Take Two Linux was successfully ported to Wii by the gc-linux team as early as Feb 2008, shortly after the release of the Twilight hack. In the following two years, huge progress and improvements were made to the port … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Wii | Tagged , , , , , | 63 Comments

Wii Framebuffer Driver Performance Benchmarks

Posted on June 21, 2011 by farter

This is the raw output of x11perfcomp. Tests were run under Debian 5.0.8 at 640x480x16bit. For details on the different driver modes, please see this post.

Posted in Linux, Wii | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Wii Framebuffer Driver Performance Benchmarks