jorl17 writes:
A recent post at WineHQ shows (a google-translation of) the new release of the Linux Unified Kernel (Longene) project where the developers indicate how they've moved WINE's wineserver functionality into kernel-space and used several techniques to make running unmodified x86 Windows binaries on native ARM platforms running Linux and the new Longene kernel module (plus a custom QEMU). They claim they can already run Microsoft Office software such as Powerpoint and Excel at "acceptable" speeds on an ARM 1.0 GHz processor.
Do note that the cross-cpu functionality is currently claimed to be in development for Longene 2.0 and not the current 1.0 release.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Urlax on Friday March 28 2014, @02:47PM
So if microsoft donated 1% of their RT advertising budget to WineHQ, WinRT could have succeeded...
(Score: 1) by Vanderhoth on Friday March 28 2014, @02:55PM
Yeah, stop wasting money to buy people to tell us how great your crappy product is despite all evidence to the contrary and actually use the money get good programmers to make a good product for you. Good software stands on it's own without astroturfers and shills.
"Now we know", "And knowing is half the battle". -G.I. Joooooe