Linux将在任天堂游戏主机中获得原生支持？
时间：2008-02-29 来源：linux论坛
一群任天堂游戏主机的疯狂爱好者日前宣传，他们已经开发了一款可以直接安装在任天堂Wii游戏主机上的Linux发行版，目前还处在原型验证中，任天堂Wii游戏主机是全球热买的最好的游戏主机之一。
某些版本的Zelda游戏可以允许外部软件加载它们而不需要对硬件进行修改，这种软件可以骗过系统使得它们可以从SD存储设备中读取执行代码。
任天堂向来在对第三方软件支持方面默默唧唧，不愿意开放自己的软件接口，对于那些自发的开发者也是大加打压。但是随着越来越多的爱好者的加入，任天堂公司也在寻求变化。去年任天堂就推出了针对Wii平台的Opera浏览器的软件开发包，而且他们承诺，更多的第三方公司将在08年后期加入其中。
这将使得任天堂和其他游戏主机厂商的竞争中齐头并进，比如Sony和微软。因为Sony的PS3本身就是使用的Yellow Dog Linux操作系统，而后者也允许软件开发厂商在遵守某些限制的情况下，开发基于Xbox平台的第三方软件。
Those enterprising folks at Game Cube Linux (GC Linux) claim to have developed a proof of concept version of Linux running natively on the best-selling Nintendo Wii games console.
The software exploits the Twilight Hack, a quirk in some versions of the Zelda game that lets external software to be loaded without performing hardware modifications. The hack fools the system into loading code from an SD memory card.
Nintendo has always been cagey about giving third parties access to the core of its machines and has made life difficult for homebrew developers. But increased homebrew activity around the Wii might herald a change. A software development kit (SDK) for Wii's Opera browser surfaced last year and Nintendo itself has hinted at plans to allow third party content later in 2008.
This will bring Nintendo more in line with its rivals. Both Sony with PS3 using Yellow Dog Linux and Microsoft with its Xbox allow third party developers to build software add ons, albeit with restrictions.
某些版本的Zelda游戏可以允许外部软件加载它们而不需要对硬件进行修改，这种软件可以骗过系统使得它们可以从SD存储设备中读取执行代码。
任天堂向来在对第三方软件支持方面默默唧唧，不愿意开放自己的软件接口，对于那些自发的开发者也是大加打压。但是随着越来越多的爱好者的加入，任天堂公司也在寻求变化。去年任天堂就推出了针对Wii平台的Opera浏览器的软件开发包，而且他们承诺，更多的第三方公司将在08年后期加入其中。
这将使得任天堂和其他游戏主机厂商的竞争中齐头并进，比如Sony和微软。因为Sony的PS3本身就是使用的Yellow Dog Linux操作系统，而后者也允许软件开发厂商在遵守某些限制的情况下，开发基于Xbox平台的第三方软件。
Those enterprising folks at Game Cube Linux (GC Linux) claim to have developed a proof of concept version of Linux running natively on the best-selling Nintendo Wii games console.
The software exploits the Twilight Hack, a quirk in some versions of the Zelda game that lets external software to be loaded without performing hardware modifications. The hack fools the system into loading code from an SD memory card.
Nintendo has always been cagey about giving third parties access to the core of its machines and has made life difficult for homebrew developers. But increased homebrew activity around the Wii might herald a change. A software development kit (SDK) for Wii's Opera browser surfaced last year and Nintendo itself has hinted at plans to allow third party content later in 2008.
This will bring Nintendo more in line with its rivals. Both Sony with PS3 using Yellow Dog Linux and Microsoft with its Xbox allow third party developers to build software add ons, albeit with restrictions.
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