1*404b540aSrobert@c Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2*404b540aSrobert@c This is part of the GCC manual. 3*404b540aSrobert@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi. 4*404b540aSrobert 5*404b540aSrobert@node GNU Project 6*404b540aSrobert@unnumbered The GNU Project and GNU/Linux 7*404b540aSrobert 8*404b540aSrobertThe GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like 9*404b540aSrobertoperating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a 10*404b540aSrobertrecursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced 11*404b540aSrobert``guh-NEW''@.) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the 12*404b540aSrobertkernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often 13*404b540aSrobertreferred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux 14*404b540aSrobertsystems. 15*404b540aSrobert 16*404b540aSrobertFor more information, see: 17*404b540aSrobert@smallexample 18*404b540aSrobert@uref{http://www.gnu.org/} 19*404b540aSrobert@uref{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html} 20*404b540aSrobert@end smallexample 21