Manage your computer with a Wiimote via Wiimap, simplistic effective utility

Accessing applications, restarting the computer, opening a torrent app, etc, are actions usually performed by the user via mouse and/or keyboard, "built-in" computer components imprinted in one's mind and usage behavior.

Nevertheless, in our highly-diverse hardware "world" where hardware interactions are daily increased via constantly added new technologies, there are situations requiring non-specific computer maneuvering behaviors, such as using gaming-specific tools to manage applications, computer processes, etc.

The Wii Remote, also known as Wiimote, is a relatively widely known controller for Nintendo's Wii console, featuring motion-aware capabilities, ease of use, numerous buttons, etc.

Wiimap is a simplistic yet effective utility, useful to map Wiimote input to keyboards and mice, functionality that adds the ability to control the computer via Wiimap with a Wiimote, in scenarios like opening the Dash by pressing a button from the Wiimote, closing the music with another Wiimote button, etc.

Launching the app, presents the user a clean yet filled with relevant fields interface, categorizing the-about-to-be-mapped items in Buttons (A, B, Up, Plus, Minus, etc), Accelerometer and Infrared, basically, covering a full suite of controls.

In order to add a control map, click the toolbar's Start Input Mapping button, action followed by step-by-step configuring the keys; in order to link the button A with opening/closing the Dash, click Edit-->Add-->Capture-->press Super-->Ok

Wiimap 12.07 is available for free via Ubuntu Software Center (Ubuntu 12.04).

Worth mentioning
Wiimap has been created as part of Ubuntu App Showdown.