190075Sobrien@c Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
290075Sobrien@c This is part of the GCC manual.
390075Sobrien@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
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590075Sobrien@node GNU Project
690075Sobrien@unnumbered The GNU Project and GNU/Linux
790075Sobrien
890075SobrienThe GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like
990075Sobrienoperating system which is free software: the GNU system.  (GNU is a
1090075Sobrienrecursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced
1190075Sobrien``guh-NEW''@.)  Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the
1290075Sobrienkernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often
1390075Sobrienreferred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux
1490075Sobriensystems.
1590075Sobrien
1690075SobrienFor more information, see:
1790075Sobrien@smallexample
1890075Sobrien@uref{http://www.gnu.org/}
1990075Sobrien@uref{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html}
2090075Sobrien@end smallexample
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