Hangover 10.11 has been released, providing tools for launching 32-bit Windows applications designed for X86 (i386) and ARM32 architectures on ARM64 (Aarch64) architecture. This development also serves as the implementation of the Hangover option for the RISC-V architecture. The project is distributed under the LGPL 2.1 license.
Hangover offers superior performance in terms of configuration compared to Wine, as the emulator is only used to execute the application code itself. System calls, libraries, and components of Wine are handled outside the emulator, resulting in enhanced performance at the level of Win32 and Wine system calls. Users have the option to choose between using the fex or box64 emulator based on their preferences. The development work on supporting the Blink emulator is ongoing.
Notable changes in Hangover version 10.11 include:
- Instead of three emulation systems, only FEX and BOX64 are now included in the project.
- Synchronization with the codebase of Wine 10.11.
- Updates to the BOX64 emulator to align with the current codebase from git .