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[[GNU]]'s Not Unix! |
[[GNU]]'s Not [[Unix]]! |
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The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete [[Unix]]-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel [[Linux]], are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems. |
The [[GNU]] Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete [[Unix]]-like [[operating system]] which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the [[kernel]] [[Linux]], are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems. |
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Revision as of 22:20, 2 November 2005
The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux, they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems.