[[HomePage]] > [[ComponentHowTo Components and HowTos]] > [[Organizations]]

====GNU (Gnu Not Unix)====

~The **GNU** project were early promoters of open source operating systems and software.  It launched in 1984 to develop the GNU operating system, a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software.  That is software which respects your freedom as well as being open source.
---
~GNU has rewritten several Unix-tools under a free license. What we commonly refer to as Linux or "GNU/Linux" is actual the Kernel (Linux) plus the GNU Utilities like [[bash]] plus other open source software.What is known as Linux could most accurately be called GNU/Linux.  That is the GNU tools with the Linux kernel.  GNU are also developing their own kernel called Hurd.

==GNU Software==
~[[Bash]]
~[[wget]]

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[FreeSoftwareFoundation]] - promotes software respecting users' freedoms

==Related Webpages==
~[[http://www.gnu.org/home.html GNU homepage]]
~[[http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html Hurd kernel]]
	
----
==Categories==
CategoryComponent
CategoryCommunity