1 1.1 mrg @c Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2 1.1 mrg @c This is part of the GCC manual. 3 1.1 mrg @c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi. 4 1.1 mrg 5 1.1 mrg @node GNU Project 6 1.1 mrg @unnumbered The GNU Project and GNU/Linux 7 1.1 mrg 8 1.1 mrg The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like 9 1.1 mrg operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a 10 1.1 mrg recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced 11 1.1 mrg ``guh-NEW''@.) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the 12 1.1 mrg kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often 13 1.1 mrg referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux 14 1.1 mrg systems. 15 1.1 mrg 16 1.1 mrg For more information, see: 17 1.1 mrg @smallexample 18 1.8 mrg @uref{https://www.gnu.org/} 19 1.8 mrg @uref{https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html} 20 1.1 mrg @end smallexample 21
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