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{{Short description|Linux distribution}}
{{Infobox OS
| name                   = Kongoni
| logo                   = KongoniLogo.png
| logo size              = 90px
| screenshot             = KongoniDesktop.png
| caption                = The Kongoni desktop
| developer              = Robert Gabriel
| family                 = [[Software:Linux|Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| source_model           = [[Open-source model|Open-source]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|2009|07|12}}
| latest_release_version = 2011 "Firefly"
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|2011|07|15}}
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]])
| ui                     = KDE Plasma Desktop
| license                = Exclusively [[Free software license|free software license]]s
| working_state          = Dormant
| website                = {{URL|sourceforge.net/projects/kongoni/}}
| supported_platforms    = [[X86|x86]]
| updatemodel            = PIG: Ports Installation GUI
| package_manager        =
}}

'''Kongoni''' is a [[Software:Linux distribution|Linux distribution]] that used the [[Free software|free version]] of the [[Software:Linux kernel|Linux kernel]] as distributed by the [[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]] project. Development of the Kongoni project is currently dormant.<ref name="DW"> {{cite web|url = http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Kongoni|title = Kongoni GNU/Linux|access-date = 12 September 2010|last = DistroWatch|date=September 2010}}</ref>

Kongoni was a desktop oriented operating system with a strong belief in being free (as in freedom) and aimed to be easy to install, use and customize.<ref name="DW" /> Kongoni did not ship with, include or offer the ability to install any software not approved by the [[Organization:Free Software Foundation|Free Software Foundation]].

Kongoni is the Shona word for [[Biology:Wildebeest|Gnu]], the same animal the [[Software:GNU|GNU Project]] takes its name from. The name was chosen as it represents the spirit and history of Kongoni, a Linux operating system of African origin.

==History==
Each release of Kongoni was named after great philosophers, including: [[Biography:Aristotle|Aristotle]], Sophocles, [[Biography:Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]] and [[Biography:Cicero|Cicero]]. Each version of Kongoni is compatible with the [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]] release it was based on and can natively install packages for [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]].

The project is currently dormant. In September 2010, the project was maintained by one developer, Robert Gabriel. Previously, the project was maintained by A.J. Venter.<ref name="TM"> {{cite web|url = http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/46559|title = A week or two with Kongoni GNU/Linux|access-date = 12 September 2010}}</ref>

==Features==
Kongoni was offered as a live CD, with the option to install the OS to the hard-drive. The Kongoni OS installs software through the use of ports. This allows one to download the source code for a program, as opposed to a pre-compiled binary file, which is then compiled and built automatically on the users system. This offers the benefit of smaller downloads and programs that may run faster and/or use less memory, as they are compiled explicitly for the users own system.

Kongoni shipped with several pieces of unique code, including:
*A custom "Kongoni" installer.
*KISS (Kongoni Integrated Setup System), which is a simple program for performing common system configuration tasks.
*PIG (Ports Installation GUI), an easy to use program for installing and managing programs.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{sourceforge|kongoni}}


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