3 days ago · 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 …

Jul 31, 2024 · Technically, GNU is generally like Unix. But unlike Unix, GNU gives its users freedom. The GNU system contains all of the official GNU software packages (which are listed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Jan 20, 2025 · The name GNU was chosen, following a hacker tradition, as a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix.” It is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g. An operating system does …

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, …

Jan 1, 2024 · 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.

Jul 19, 2024 · GCC was originally written as the compiler for the GNU operating system. The GNU system was developed to be 100% free software, free in the sense that it respects the …