GNU variants (also called GNU distributions or distros for short[vague]) are operating systems based upon the GNU operating system (the Hurd kernel, the...
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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 (/ɡnuː/ GNOO) is an extensive collection of free software (387 packages as of June 2025[update]), which can be used as an operating system or can be...
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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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The GNU toolchain is a broad collection of programming tools produced by the GNU Project. These tools form a toolchain (a suite of tools used in a serial...
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Ar (Unix) (category GNU Project software)
main variants, BSD and System V (initially known as COFF, and used as well by GNU, ELF, and Windows.) Historically there have been other variants including...
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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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available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, some BSD descendants, some GNU variants and Android. An in-game browser lets users download games and modifications...
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Parabola GNU/Linux-libre. GNU/Linux naming controversy GNU variants List of Arch-based Linux distributions Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre "Parabola GNU/Linux-libre...
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instance, this includes Unix and Unix-like operating systems, such as GNU variants, distributions of Linux and BSD, and macOS, and compilers such as GCC...
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The GNU Project (/ɡnuː/ GNOO) 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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open-source software portal Comparison of Linux distributions GNU/Linux naming controversy GNU variants List of distributions based on Arch List of Pacman-based...
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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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functionality without requiring changes to the OS or toolchain. Dld was a GNU package, but has been withdrawn because its functionality is available (through...
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Gettext (redirect from GNU Gettext)
strings in the selected language, if there is an .mo file for it. Users on GNU variants can also use the environment variable LANGUAGE instead. Its main difference...
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GNU Go is a free software program by the Free Software Foundation that plays Go. Its source code is quite portable, and can be easily compiled for Linux...
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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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GNU TeXmacs is a scientific word processor and typesetting component of the GNU Project. It originated as a variant of GNU Emacs with TeX functionalities...
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The GNU Autotools, also known as the GNU Build System, is a suite of build automation tools designed to support building source code and packaging the...
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Glibc (redirect from GNU C Library)
The GNU C Library, commonly known as glibc, is the GNU Project implementation of the C standard library. It provides a wrapper around the system calls...
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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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GNU Libtool is a software development tool, part of the GNU build system, consisting of a shell script created to address the software portability problem...
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system. It was originally available under a permissive license. The GNU variant is distributed under the GPL although the FreeBSD project maintains a...
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List of Linux distributions (redirect from List of GNU/Linux distributions)
experience and commercial support on both desktops and servers. These Ubuntu variants, also known as Ubuntu flavours, simply install a set of packages different...
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may refer to: Ging (film), a 1964 Philippine film Ging (live CD), a GNU variant Ging (surname), a surname Ging, the stage name of musician Adam Feeney...
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Make (software) (redirect from GNU make)
2021-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, GNU make, Free Software Foundation "Prerequisite Types (GNU make)". GNU.org. GNU Project. Archived from the original...
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Darwin (operating system) (redirect from GNU-Darwin)
Foundation (FSF) classifies as a free software license incompatible with the GNU General Public License. Previous versions were released under an earlier...
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M4 (computer language) (redirect from GNU m4)
beginning, and most Unix variants ship with it. As of 2024[update] many applications continue to use m4 as part of the GNU Project's autoconf. It also...
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