GNU (/ ɡ n uː / ⓘ) [3] [4] is an extensive collection of free software (394 packages as of June 2024), [5] which can be used as an operating system or can be used in parts with other operating systems. [6] [7] [8] The use of the completed GNU tools led to the family of operating systems popularly known as Linux. [9]

2025年1月26日 · What is GNU? 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.

The GNU Project (/ ɡnuː / ⓘ) [3] is a free software, mass collaboration project announced by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983.

2021年10月24日 · The name of the system, GNU, is a recursive acronym meaning GNU's Not Unix—a way of paying tribute to the technical ideas of Unix, while at the same time saying that GNU is something different. Technically, GNU is like Unix. But …

2023年9月29日 · What is GNU? Get a comprehensive overview of the GNU project and its pivotal role in championing the cause of free and open-source software.

2024年7月21日 · GNU is a project that aims to develop, support, and enforce the use of free software. According to the GNU principles, free software is free to use, modify, distribute, and study. It’s “free” as in “free speech” and “freedom”.

2025年1月20日 · The GNU operating system is a complete free software system, upward-compatible with Unix. GNU stands for “GNU's Not Unix.” It is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g .

2024年2月26日 · GNU (stands for GNU’s Not Un i x) is a free operating system and a collection of free software that gives users the liberty to run, copy, distribute, study, change, and improve it. This freedom is guaranteed by the GNU General Public License (GPL), one of the most used free software licenses today.

2023年8月31日 · GNU stands for the recursive acronym “GNU’s Not Unix”. This name was chosen because, unlike Unix, GNU is an Open-Source Operating System. The goal of the GNU is to provide a completely free software Operating System that …

2020年6月8日 · The GNU name, as the website explains, is a recursive acronym meaning GNU's Not Unix, which acknowledges the technical ideas of Unix while also saying that GNU is something different. “Technically, GNU is like Unix. But unlike Unix, GNU gives its users freedom,” the website states.