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Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a free software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only operating system developed specifically for the sake of users' freedom.

Hva er GNU?

GNU is a Unix-like operating system that is free software—it respects your freedom. You can install Linux-based versions of GNU 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.

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Planet GNU

C++11 tidbits: Non-static Data Member Initializers: Hi! starting this month, thanks also to Chris (Jones) help and encouragement, I'm posting here the "C++11 tidbits" which I usually contribut... more

FOSDEM talk slides online: The slides of my talk about LTE and ModemManager in FOSDEM are now online at the Lanedo articles website: LTE is here and ModemManager is (almost) ready for it... more

Make sure glue isn't stripped: If you ever get this cryptic error when loading an Android native app: FATAL EXCEPTION: main java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{o... more

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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.

Hva er fri programvare?

Fri programvare» handler om frihet, ikke om pris. På engelsk er ordet «free» flertydig ved at det kan bety både «fri» og «gratis». For å unngå denne misforståelsen burde man tenke «fri» som i «fri tale», ikke som i «gratis øl» (free beer).

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:

Friheten til å kjøre programmet, uansett formål (frihet 0).
Friheten til å studere hvordan programmet fungerer og å tilpasse det til dine formål (frihet 1). Tilgang til kildekoden er en forutsetning for dette.
Friheten til å distribuere kopier for at du skal kunne hjelpe dine venner (frihet 2).
Friheten til å forbedre programmet og til å publisere forbedringer slik at hele almenheten kan dra nytte av forbedringene (freedom 3). Tilgang til kildekoden er en forutsetning for dette.

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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? alive, dotgnu-forum, dr-geo, ggradebook, gnu-queue, goldwater, gsrc, halifax, metahtml, orgadoc, pgccfd, polyxmass, quickthreads, snakecharmer, sxml, trueprint are all looking for maintainers. We also need GNU configure for Python packages.