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Developer Community
Written in Various languages (notably C and assembly language)
OS family Unix-like
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GNU
GNU - Wikipedia
2 days ago - GNU (/ɡ(ə)nuː/ ⓘ GNOO) is an extensive collection of free software (387 packages as of June 2025), which can be used as an operating system or can be used in parts with other operating systems. The use of the completed GNU tools led to the family of operating systems popularly known as Linux.
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GNU_Project
GNU Project - Wikipedia
January 20, 2026 - The GNU Project (/ɡnuː/ ⓘ GNOO) is a free software, mass collaboration project announced by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983. Its goal is to provide computer users freedom and control in their use of their computers and computing devices by developing and publishing software ...
GNU Radio
wiki.gnuradio.org › index.php › Main_Page
GNU Radio
April 17, 2024 - The Usage Manual contains information about various aspects of GNU Radio not specific to a certain block. List of Blocks (or just wiki search the block name)
GNU
gnu.org › home.en.html
The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
GNU is an operating system that is free software—that is, it respects users' freedom. The GNU operating system consists of GNU packages (programs specifically released by the GNU Project) as well as free software released by third parties.
ArchWiki
wiki.archlinux.org › title › GNU
GNU - ArchWiki
January 26, 2026 - From Wikipedia: GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software, GNU is composed wholly of free software, most of which is licensed under the GNU Project's own General Public License (GPL), GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix!.
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wildebeest
Wildebeest - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - Wildebeest (/ˈwɪldɪbiːst/ WIL-di-beest, /ˈvɪl-/ VIL-,), also called gnu (/nuː/ NOO or /njuː/ NEW), are antelopes of the genus Connochaetes and native to Eastern and Southern Africa.
Debian
wiki.debian.org › GNU
GNU - Debian Wiki
GNU is an extensive collection of Free software, which can be used to make operating system. The use of the GNU tools with a Linux kernel has led to a family of operating systems sometimes known as GNU/Linux.
Free Software Directory
directory.fsf.org › wiki › GNU
GNU - Free Software Directory
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 System provides a collection of applications, libraries, and developer tools, plus a program to allocate resources ...
Reddit
reddit.com › r/linux4noobs › what is gnu? what does "gnu" stand for? where does it fit in linux history? why do some people call linux "gnu/linux"?
r/linux4noobs on Reddit: What is GNU? what does "GNU" stand for? where does it fit in Linux history? why do some people call Linux "gnu/linux"?
December 5, 2020 -
hey guys, i wanted to ask what is GNU is, i go onto https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html and it calls itself an "operating system" but when i go on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU it calls gnu a "collection of free software" so i don't get it, which one is it?
is gnu an organization? or non profit? what does "GNU" stand for? is it an acronym?
also why do people call linux gnu/linux instead of just linux? why the "gnu/linux" what does gnu have to do with linux? thanks
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GNU is an operating system that implements POSIX (mostly). GNU can be built with different kernels. HURD is one, but there was also Debian GNU/kFreeBSD for some time. You can also run GNU on Windows with WSL (though WSL 2 runs GNU on Linux in a VM). Similarly, Linux can be used with different user-land software. Many Linux operating systems are not POSIX. For example, Android is a popular Linux operating system. There are also POSIX operating systems that use Linux and a user-lands other than GNU, such as Alpine. Because this two things can be used together, but can also be used with different components, it's useful to refer to that combination specifically in many contexts. Fedora, Debian, arch, and gentoo are all GNU/Linux operating systems. Alpine, Android, and dd-wrt are all Linux operating systems. Generally, when I'm talking about a feature of the kernel, I'll refer to Linux systems, because the feature will probably be present in all of them. But of I'm talking about Unix-like systems, I'll usually refer to GNU/Linux to differentiate it from other Linux systems.
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GNU stands for "GNU is not unix" it is an operating system developed by Richard Stallman in 1984, it waited a couple od years to be published, until 1991 when Linus Torwalds made Linux kernel, and they merged it together to make a stable Os, since Linux is just a kernel, and gnu is operating system, Richard Stallman argues that is only fair to be called, gnu/Linux, look up for. Free software foundation, wich is orgsnisation made by Richard Stallman, and you will find more answers
Fandom
muppet.fandom.com › wiki › Gnu
Gnu | Muppet Wiki | Fandom
January 9, 2026 - A Gnu appeared in the musical number, "The Gnu," as seen in episode 519 of The Muppet Show. Per the lyrics to the song, the gnu pronounces "G"s and "K"s in words where they are meant to be silent, and adds them in other words where they do not exist. He also appeared in a few other episodes ...
C64-Wiki
c64-wiki.com › wiki › GNU
GNU - C64-Wiki
December 13, 2023 - The abbreviation GNU stands for "GNU is Not Unix" and is the name of an open source and free software distribution.
GNU Radio
wiki.gnuradio.org › index.php › Tutorials
Tutorials - GNU Radio
September 13, 2025 - From GNU Radio · Jump to navigation Jump to search · Please leave tutorials-related feedback (either for an individual tutorial or overall organization) in the Discussion page of this article (tab at the top), we are always looking for ways to improve. Retrieved from "https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php?title=Tutorials&oldid=15361"
Octave
wiki.octave.org › GNU_Octave_Wiki
https - Octave wiki
GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data ...
Fandom
software.fandom.com › wiki › GNU
GNU | Software Wiki | Fandom
Software Wiki · 782 · pages · Sign in to edit · History · Purge · Talk (0) Template:infobox software · GNU is a project by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) to produce an open source Unix like operating system.
GitLab
gitlab.com › gnu mailman › mailman web › wiki
Wiki · GNU Mailman / Mailman Web · GitLab
You can store wiki pages written in markup formats like Markdown or AsciiDoc in a separate Git repository, and access the wiki through Git, the GitLab web interface, or the API.
GitHub
github.com › bmatzelle › gow › wiki
Home · bmatzelle/gow Wiki · GitHub
GNU utilities for Win32: Quite literally the grand-daddy of Unix utilities projects. It hasn't been updated since 2003.
Author bmatzelle
Aperiodic
aperiodic.net › screen › start
start [GNU screen]
This site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit its pages. Please add to it information that would be useful. If you have ideas for what should be here but don't have the knowledge or time to add them, please add them to the suggestions page. Register · Log In · start.txt · Last edit was 2021-05-27 18:59 by · gedge Warning: Undefined array key "gnugpl2+" in /home/public/screen/inc/template.php on line 1532
Gnudatalanguage
gnudatalanguage.github.io › wiki.html
Wiki - GDL - GNU Data Language
The wiki articles can be edited at: https://github.com/gnudatalanguage/gdl/wiki.
GNU Octave
octave.org
GNU Octave
GNU Octave version 11.1.0 has been released and is now available for download. An official Windows binary installer is available. For macOS see the installation instructions in the wiki.