Using the Nintendo Wiimote with Linux
Wii Fly
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Nintendo's Wii game console includes the popular Wiimote control. Have you ever wondered whether the Wiimote works with Linux?
Nintendo Wii users have become quite adept at slashing the wireless Wii remote (Wiimote) control through the air to score points with tennis players, golfers, space aliens, and other forms of virtual gladiators. If you like the Wiimote but you'd rather be on Linux, the transition is not as difficult as you might expect. A number of open source projects provide support for Wii with Linux. For instance, the CWiid toolset [1] includes:
- libcwiid – an API for supporting the Wiid environment
- wmgui – a GUI control panel app
- wminput – an event/mouse/joystick driver
- wmdemo – a demo and testing application
The WiiLi project [2] offers a complete Linux port for the Wii itself, and the WiiBrew Wiki [3] provides resources for Wii-with-Linux users and developers.
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