Linux Unified Kernel
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Longene () is a Linux-based operating system kernel intended to be binary compatible with application software and device drivers made for Microsoft Windows and Linux. As of 1.0-rc2, it consists of a Linux kernel module implementing aspects of the Windows kernel and a modified Wine distribution designed to take advantage of the more native interface. Longene is written in the C programming language and is free and open source software. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- operating system
- Based on
- Wine
- Platform
- x86-64
- Official website
- www.longene.org/en/index.php
- Image
- UnifiedKernel 0.2.1-KingSoft WPS.jpg
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- software version identifier
- 1.0-rc2
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
- programmed in
- Q15777
- source code repository URL
- github.com/longene-archive/longene-1.0-rc2
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Features
- Development
- Development strategy
- Version history
- Current and future development
- Available Open Source resources
- Users
- Hardware requirements
- Architecture support
- See also
- References
Longene () is a Linux-based operating system kernel intended to be binary compatible with application software and device drivers made for Microsoft Windows and Linux. As of 1.0-rc2, it consists of a Linux kernel module implementing aspects of the Windows kernel and a modified Wine distribution designed to take advantage of the more native interface. Longene is written in the C programming language and is free and open source software. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).
Although the project is in the alpha stage of development as of 2015, many Windows programs already work well.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linux Unified Kernel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.