The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
2024年11月30日 · 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 released by the GNU Project) as well as free software released by third parties.
About the GNU Project - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
2024年9月14日 · 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, GNOME set out to provide similar desktop facilities, but using free software exclusively. It has technical advantages as well, such as supporting a variety of languages, not just C++.
Overview of the GNU System - GNU Project - Free Software …
2021年11月2日 · The GNU operating system is a complete free software system, upward-compatible with Unix. 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 longer version called the GNU Manifesto was published in March 1985
About the GNU Operating System - GNU project - Free Software …
2023年11月30日 · Main-belt asteroid (9965) GNU, provisionally designated as 1992 EF 2, was named after the GNU project in the Minor Planet Circular 41571. The asteroid was discovered at Kitt Peak by Spacewatch on the 5 th March 1992.
GNU in a Nutshell - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
2021年10月24日 · GNU was launched by Richard Stallman (rms) in 1983, as an operating system which would be put together by people working together for the freedom of all software users to control their computing. rms remains the Chief GNUisance today.
The GNU Manifesto - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
2021年11月2日 · The GNU Manifesto (which appears below) was written by Richard Stallman in 1985 to ask for support in developing the GNU operating system. Part of the text was taken from the original announcement of 1983.
Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
2024年7月31日 · Develop GNU software. The FSF maintains a list of high-priority free software projects; please help with these projects if you can. For other ways to contribute to GNU, including reviving unmaintained GNU packages and helping with …
Linux and GNU - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
2021年11月2日 · The GNU Project supports GNU/Linux systems as well as the GNU system. The FSF funded the rewriting of the Linux-related extensions to the GNU C library, so that now they are well integrated, and the newest GNU/Linux systems use …
GNU/Linux FAQ - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
2025年1月2日 · The GNU Project was named after the GNU operating system—it's the project to develop the GNU system. (See the 1983 initial announcement.) We developed programs such as GCC, GNU Emacs, GAS, GLIBC, BASH, etc., because we …
Philosophy of the GNU Project
2022年10月20日 · The articles in the short list below give an overview of GNU philosophy. For further reading, please check the menu above, especially Essays & Articles, and Speeches & Interviews.