Wiican – Easy Wii remote control on Ubuntu Linux OS

WiiCan assists on configuration and management of your wiimote under GNU/Linux. It tracks bluetooth connectivity and allows to use and create mappings to adapt your wiimote for use on any application.
Actually WiiCan it’s a sytem tray icon, programmed in python.

On backend it’s wminput , the cwiid event driver for wiimote. WiiCan uses wminput and wminput configuration files for define and use mappers.

Features:
Discover if it’s an available bluetooth device for connect wiimote
Display a list of available keyboard-mouse-wiimote mappings
User-defined mappings creation assistant
Mappings manager:
New/Edit/Delete
Up/Down order
Visible/Invisible
Notify the state of wiimote usaging:
Bluetooth available/unavailable
Discovering wiimote
Wiimote disconnected

There is a PPA for the latest Ubuntu packages: ppa:wiicanteam/ppa

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Written by admin on March 30th, 2010 with 28 comments.
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#1. March 30th, 2010, at 7:17 PM.

Nice application for Linux users…But I am not one of them :(

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#2. March 30th, 2010, at 10:22 PM.

I installed ubuntu once on my PC and crashed the whole hard disk. I will not take the risk again :D

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Andre Ong
#3. March 31st, 2010, at 2:42 AM.

It is definitely an awesome application to Linux users. It has a lot of options to play with.

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#4. March 31st, 2010, at 2:44 AM.

To Simran,
Did you install it properly step by step? You can ask someone help if you need to.

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#5. April 2nd, 2010, at 7:52 AM.

heh, fr the title I thought there was some software out there for all the Wicans :)

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#6. April 3rd, 2010, at 12:22 AM.

Nice theme dude :)

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Simran
#7. April 3rd, 2010, at 8:52 PM.

The current theme is looking better than the previous one but it would be more better if you can change the header to something attractive. :)

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#8. April 5th, 2010, at 4:09 AM.

hmmm… I’m not a linux user so this one’s not for me

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#9. April 5th, 2010, at 10:25 PM.

I too installed ubuntu but looks pretty tough for me

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#10. April 5th, 2010, at 10:26 PM.

keeping it along with windows 7..

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#11. April 5th, 2010, at 10:26 PM.

BTW is linux way better thn windows ? for me windows is very much user friendly and easy to use

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#12. April 7th, 2010, at 1:14 PM.

@ Dany

I can say that Linux is always better than windows but for developers coz its not easy to understand.

I worked on it b4 some days

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#13. April 8th, 2010, at 2:38 AM.

Yup, windows fits us perfectly because we’re used to it :) We don’t get to see many Linux computers these days (here in the Philippines)

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#14. April 8th, 2010, at 8:15 AM.

Now I learned how to install it :) Thanks BTW :)

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#15. April 8th, 2010, at 8:17 AM.

@Dany

Linux is better than Windows but for normal users it is difficult to understand. It has some features better than Windows :) Few days back i used it in my college and I fell in love with it.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ellen Joy Castel
#16. April 11th, 2010, at 2:13 AM.

LOL, you’ve got a wild imagination :) It’s for Linux.

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#17. April 11th, 2010, at 2:17 AM.

what ubuntu installer for windows did you use?

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#18. April 11th, 2010, at 2:19 AM.

Ravi, maybe you can write a basic guide on the difference between linux and windows… just a suggestion… coz I’m really interested on knowing more about linux now…

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#19. April 15th, 2010, at 5:58 PM.

it’s nice that this is the linux app

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#20. April 15th, 2010, at 5:59 PM.

Ohhh but I don think so Linux wil harm you machine

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#21. April 15th, 2010, at 6:01 PM.

But I m not familiar with Linux :(

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#22. April 15th, 2010, at 6:02 PM.

Hey Ravi..Even I am agree with Simran.. Please change the Header logo if possible and if u want to design one then mail me @ vishalgaikar@gmail.com

I will provide u one..

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#23. April 15th, 2010, at 6:03 PM.

Wow that’s a great news

please provide me download link if possible

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#24. April 15th, 2010, at 6:05 PM.

Linux is an Open source OS and it;s really awesome.. But It’s not for ordinary users

U have to learn more about this to be familier with it

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#25. April 15th, 2010, at 6:06 PM.

Even I am agree with Ellen.. Start writing about Linux and Windows !!

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ellen Joy Castel
#26. April 17th, 2010, at 2:38 PM.

perhaps you can try this: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-wubi

(But I haven’t tried that yet)

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ellen Joy Castel
#27. April 17th, 2010, at 3:05 PM.

hmmm.. I guess me and Danny still have a lot of learning to do… but for now, I’ll stick with Windows :)

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#28. April 17th, 2010, at 3:10 PM.

maybe there was just a problem with repartitioning and stuff…

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