GNU (/ɡnuː/ ) is an extensive collection of free software (394 packages as of June 2024[update]), which can be used as an operating system or can be used...
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The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft licenses, that guarantee end users...
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Wildebeest (redirect from Gnu)
Wildebeest (/ˈwɪldɪbiːst/ WIL-dib-eest, /ˈvɪl-/ VIL-,), also called gnu (/nuː/ NOO or /njuː/ NEW), are antelopes of the genus Connochaetes and native...
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Debian (redirect from Debian GNU/Linux)
Debian (/ˈdɛbiən/), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the Debian Project, which was established...
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Richard Stallman (redirect from Gnu founder)
Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in October 1985, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote...
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under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). GCC is a key component of the GNU toolchain which is used for most projects related to GNU and the Linux...
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The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for...
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Bash (Unix shell) (redirect from GNU bash)
language supported by the Free Software Foundation and first developed for the GNU Project by Brian Fox. Designed as a 100% free software alternative for the...
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The GNU Project (/ɡnuː/ ) is a free software, mass collaboration project announced by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983. Its goal is to give computer...
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Free Software Foundation (redirect from GNU Press)
being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License. The FSF was incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts...
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The GNU Debugger (GDB) is a portable debugger that runs on many Unix-like systems and works for many programming languages, including Ada, Assembly, C...
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A GNU license or GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), is a series of widely-used free software licenses that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study...
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"The Gnu" (sometimes known as "A Gnu", "I'm a Gnu" or "The Gnu Song") is a humorous song about a talking gnu by Flanders and Swann. The word gnu is consistently...
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King Gnu is a Japanese band formed in 2013. It consists of Daiki Tsuneta (vocalist and guitarist), Satoru Iguchi (vocalist and keyboardist), Kazuki Arai...
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GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader, commonly referred to as GRUB) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. GRUB is the reference implementation...
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GNU Hurd is a collection of microkernel servers written as part of GNU, for the GNU Mach microkernel. It has been under development since 1990 by the...
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GNU Guix (/ɡiːks/) is a functional cross-platform package manager and a tool to instantiate and manage Unix-like operating systems, based on the Nix package...
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GNU social (and its predecessor StatusNet) is a free and open-source microblogging social networking service that implements the OStatus and ActivityPub...
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GNU Emacs is a text editor and suite of free software tools. Its development began in 1984 by GNU Project founder Richard Stallman, based on the Emacs...
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GNU Octave is a scientific programming language for scientific computing and numerical computation. Octave helps in solving linear and nonlinear problems...
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The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers...
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The GNU Assembler, commonly known as gas or as, is the assembler developed by the GNU Project. It is the default back-end of GCC. It is used to assemble...
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(glibc), GNU Core Utilities (coreutils), GNU Compiler Collection, GNU Binutils, GNU gzip, GNU tar, GNU gettext, GNU grep, GNU awk, GNU sed, GNU Findutils...
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part of the GNU Project. Summarising the situation in 2013, Richard Stallman identified nine aspects which generally apply to being a GNU package, but...
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GNU nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface. It emulates the Pico text editor,...
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The GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL) is a free, copyleft license published by the Free Software Foundation in November 2007, and based on the...
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The GNU Binary Utilities, or binutils, is a collection of programming tools maintained by the GNU Project for working with executable code including assembly...
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Linux distribution (redirect from GNU/Linux distribution)
comprises a Linux kernel, an init system (such as systemd, OpenRC, or runit), GNU tools and libraries, documentation, and many other types of software (such...
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MIT License The GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2) The Apache License The GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3) The BSD License The GNU Lesser General...
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