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Want to Run Linux on Your Nintendo Wii?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 27, 2008

“You can, and it’s actually called ‘homebrew,’ which is one of
those words that always sounds like a neologism (a newly coined
word) but in fact originated in the mid-nineteenth-century, meaning
‘an alcoholic beverage made at home.’ Go beer, then, and what’s
more, go who’d-a-thunk-it hacks that let you for-real load Linux
and ’embrace your inner penguin’ on an unassuming white box half
the size of a toaster…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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