What is GNU?
'''GNU''' is the name of a [[computer]] [[operating system]]. The name is short for '''''G'''NU's '''N'''ot '''U'''nix''. [[Richard Stallman]] leads the GNU Project. The popular [[Linux]] operating systems made using the [[Linux kernel]] have many GNU tools too. So, many projects and [[Software developer|developers]] call the Linux-based operating systems ''[[GNU/Linux]].'' The GNU project was started by Richard Stallman in [[1983]]. He wanted to create a computer system that was all [[free and open-source software]]. Users could change, share and publish new work based on GNU. He and a group of developers started by creating copies of each piece of [[UNIX]] software. The rest of GNU was the [[Kernel (computer science)|kernel]], called the [[GNU Hurd]], which is not yet finished. The more popular [[Linux kernel]] is often used instead. == Related pages == *[[GNU Compiler Collection]] == Other websites == * {{Official website}} * [http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-user-groups.html GNU User Groups] {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Operating systems]] [[Category:GNU project]]