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Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free S...

Linux Today  Tue, 11/18/2008 - 13:35

PC Authority: "Free software means software that respects users' freedom. More specifically it means you as a user have these four essential freedoms:"


 

Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free S...

Topix - Unix  Fri, 11/14/2008 - 09:32

As founder of the Free Software Foundation, how would you define free software? Free software means software that respects users' freedom.


 

FSF High Priority List Becomes a Campaign, Seeks Donations

Linux Today  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 12:32

Linux.com: "After marking the GNU Project's 25th anniversary with an endorsement by Stephen Fry and the relicensing of OpenGL, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is concluding the month-long celebration by relaunching its high priority list, which enumerates as-yet unwritten or incomplete software needed to run a completely free computer system."


 

GNU

Topix - Unix  Wed, 10/01/2008 - 08:45

The GNU project was started in 1983 by Richard Stallman and others, who formed the Free Software Foundation .


 

Debian ,The Universal Operating System for your computer

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 10:29

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.

Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS


 

Richard Stallman Looks Back at 25 Years of the GNU Project

Linux Today  Fri, 09/26/2008 - 13:32

linux.com: "On September 27, 1983, Richard M. Stallman announced his intention to found the GNU project in order to build a free operating system.

Now, 25 years later, the Free Software Foundation is marking the anniversary of the announcement with a month-long celebration."


 

Richard Stallman Looks Back at 25 Years of The GNU Project

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 09/26/2008 - 11:37

On September 27, 1983, Richard M. Stallman announced his intention to found the GNU project in order to build a free operating system.

Now, 25 years later, the Free Software Foundation is marking the anniversary of the announcement with a month-long celebration.

Looking back at the last quarter century, Stallman expresses some guarded satisfaction


 

NLUUG Autumn Conference and CELF Embedded Linux Conference Europ...

Topix - Linux  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 07:04

Current events GNU's 25th Birthday in Berlin, Germany The GNU-project is turning 25 on the 27th of September.


 

Help the libgpod dev team crack the iTunes_db hash!

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 09/15/2008 - 20:39

Why did Apple change the iTunes_db hash and damage the GNU Project further? Help crack the iTunes database hash and bring back our music!


 

Stephen Fry wishes GNU/Linux a happy 25th birthday

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 09/14/2008 - 13:29

I was surprised and delighted to find this video presentation by one of my favorite performers, Stephen Fry, called “Happy Birthday to GNU”, on the GNU project homepage.Posted on September 1st, in honor of GNU’s 25th anniversary, it turns out to be only the latest in a series of entries on Fry’s blog site praising the virtues of GNU/Linux