Linux remains free.

it's not the size that counts -- it's what you do with it.

Well, I of course read that too, but previously Nintendo has killed off the Twilight Hack, and look how long it still survived. I wouldn't say it's permanently dead, but yeah, it's a possibility.

It doesn't kill the HBC, you're right, but I think it's better to be safe and keep the TP Hack option open, just in case something goes wrong.

Unfortunately, homebrew piracy tools are available, but you do have to go looking for them. Homebrew certainly doesn't imply piracy but in some senses, it enables it.

Homebrew is not piracy. I paid for my Wii, and I'm damned well going to run the things that I want to run on it.

Uh, you shouldn't be encouraging people to downgrade to this version.

Uh, I think you meant the Trident engine, not IE.

...our governor is an idiot. He wants to tax almost everything, except diet soda (although he is taxing gym membership and recreational sports like skiing).

they will still be making a profit.

Actually, you can just grab the base CD, and install the basics. You can choose to install from the internet anyway, and it's great if you need to install it on a machine that only has access to a wireless network. After you install the base system you can boot into it and select whatever you want, from whatever repos you want, of course.

$ uname -n
lappy

Sorry, I'm not creative at all.