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  1. The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement

    Dec 22, 2025 · What is GNU? GNU is an operating system that is free software —that is, it respects users' freedom. The GNU operating system consists of GNU packages (programs …

  2. GNU in a Nutshell - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

    Oct 24, 2021 · The name of the system, GNU, is a recursive acronym meaning GNU's Not Unix—a way of paying tribute to the technical ideas of Unix, while at the same time saying that …

  3. The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement

    What is GNU? GNU is an operating system that is free software —that is, it respects users' freedom. The GNU operating system consists of GNU packages (programs specifically …

  4. About the GNU Operating System - GNU project - Free Software …

    They show some of his thinking on the way towards launching the development of the GNU system. They don't use the term “free software”; apparently he had not yet started to put those …

  5. Overview of the GNU System - GNU Project - Free Software …

    Oct 27, 2025 · GNU stands for “GNU's Not Unix.” It is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g. Richard Stallman made the Initial Announcement of the GNU Project in September 1983. A …

  6. Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

    Jul 31, 2024 · The GNU system contains all of the official GNU software packages (which are listed below), and also includes non-GNU free software, notably TeX and the X Window System.

  7. Linux and GNU - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

    Oct 27, 2025 · Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.

  8. About the GNU Project - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

    Jan 20, 2025 · GNOME, the GNU Network Object Model Environment, is GNU's desktop project. Started in 1997 by Miguel de Icaza, and developed with the support of Red Hat Software, …

  9. Attributes (Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC))

    GCC provides two different ways to specify attributes: the traditional GNU syntax using ‘ __attribute__ ( (...)) ’ annotations, and the newer standard C and C++ syntax using ‘ [ [...]] ’ …

  10. GNU/Linux FAQ - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

    Oct 27, 2025 · Linux is not a GNU package; that is, it wasn't developed under the GNU Project's aegis or contributed specifically to the GNU Project. Linus Torvalds wrote Linux independently, …