Longene

Longene (<a href="/facts/Simplified_Chinese_characters/UcAD6xXs">Chinese</a>: 龙井) is a <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>-based <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> kernel intended to be <a href="/facts/Binary-code_compatibility/7lkFAUfv">binary compatible</a> with <a href="/facts/Application_software/YQuj7Kog">application software</a> and <a href="/facts/Device_driver/rDYnHU1G">device drivers</a> made for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> and Linux. As of 1.0-rc2, it consists of a Linux <a href="/facts/Loadable_kernel_module/UXvHsj2c">kernel module</a> implementing aspects of the Windows kernel and a modified <a href="/facts/Wine_(software)/JF0wHs7y">Wine</a> distribution designed to take advantage of the more native interface. Longene is written in the <a href="/facts/C_programming_language/Ky2No763">C programming language</a> and is <a href="/facts/Free_and_open_source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open source software</a>. It is <a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">licensed</a> under the terms of the <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU General Public License</a> version 2 (GPLv2).
Although the project is in the <a href="/facts/Software_release_life_cycle/z4Q4RElA">alpha stage</a> of development as of 2015, many Windows programs already work well.
Its official website was gone in August, but was restored in 2019. Meanwhile, the source code remains available on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a>.

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