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През септември 1983 г. Ричард Столман обяви план за разработката на свободна операционна система, подобна на „Юникс“, наречена GNU. GNU е единствената операционна система разработвана изключително заради свободата на потребителите.
Какво е GNU?
GNU is a Unix-like operating system that is free software—it respects your freedom. You can install versions of GNU (more precisely, GNU/Linux systems) which are entirely free software.
The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop the GNU system. The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”. "GNU" is pronounced g'noo, as one syllable, like saying "grew" but replacing the r with n.
A Unix-like operating system is a software collection of applications, libraries, and developer tools, plus a program to allocate resources and talk to the hardware, known as a kernel.
The Hurd, GNU's own kernel, is some way from being ready for daily use. Thus, GNU is typically used today with a kernel called Linux. This combination is the GNU/Linux operating system. GNU/Linux is used by millions, though many call it "Linux" by mistake.
Planet GNU 
GnuTLS 3.1.11: GnuTLS 3.1.11 was released. This is a minor feature update and bug-fix release... more
World Wide Web Consortium takes next step with controversial DRM proposal, Defective by Design condemns decision: The HTML Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today released a First Public Working Draft of ... more
Free software advocacy internships: Apply by May 15th: Do you believe that control over our computers is important to a free society? Do you want to help people learn why proprietary software ... more
For more news, see Planet GNU and the list of recent GNU releases.
GNU Guile
GNU Guile is the official extension language for the GNU Operating System. Version 2.0 was released February 16, 2011 with a wealth of new features. Its compiler infrastructure, libraries, and dynamic programming environment make it a great language to write applications in. Join the community now!
GNUstep
GNUstep is a fully-functional object-oriented development environment. We need developers to write and port applications to GNUstep so that we can make it a great experience for users.
Що е свободен софтуер?
„Свободният софтуер“ е въпрос на свобода, не на цена. За да разберете идеята, мислете за „свободен“ като „свобода на словото“, а не като „безплатен обяд“.
Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:
- Свободата да изпълняваш програмата — за всякакви цели (свобода №0).
- Свободата да изучаваш как работи програмата и да я изменяш, за да отговаря на нуждите ти (свобода №1). Достъпът до изходния код е необходимо условие за това.
- Свободата да разпространяваш копия, за да помогнеш на ближния си (свобода №2).
- Свободата да подобряваш програмата и да споделиш подобренията си с всички, за да може цялата общност да се възползва (свобода №3). Достъпът до изходния код е необходимо условие за това.
Предприемете действие
- Support current FSF campaigns.
- Defend privacy, and support global copyright reform with LQDN.
- Support the efforts on net neutrality in Europe, in the USA and in Canada.
- Fight against software patents: worldwide, and Europe.
- Watch and share this movie: Patent Absurdity—made possible by FSF associate members like you.
- Call on WIPO to change its name and mission.
- Students! Claim a refund on your unused Microsoft Windows licences.
- Добавяйте към указателя на свободен софтуер.
- More action items.
Can you contribute to any of these High Priority Projects? Gnash, coreboot, free distributions of GNU/Linux, GNU Octave, drivers for network routers, reversible debugging in GDB, automatic transcription, PowerVR drivers, and also free software replacements for Skype, OpenDWG libraries, and Oracle Forms.
Can you take over an unmaintained GNU package? dr-geo, gnatsweb, halifax, jwhois, metahtml, orgadoc, polyxmass, rottlog, are all looking for maintainers. Also, these packages are looking for co-maintainers: gnats, gnuae, metaexchange, powerguru. See the package web pages for more information.