Notices tagged with gnu
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Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2017 18:01:38 UTC 
Free Software Foundation
GNU Spotlight: Twenty-three new GNU releases in the last month https://u.fsf.org/28w #GNU #spotlight -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2017 14:08:05 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Thanks to Libin Dang #Smalltalk and Mathieu Lirzin #Texinfo #Automake for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2017 19:42:51 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Thanks to Britt Canaan Gresham #Mailman, Michael Builov #Make, and Pranav Deshpande #GNU Chess for assigning their copyright to the FSF! -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2017 15:09:33 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Looking for something GNU for your home? Check out the #GNU Press Shop. https://shop.fsf.org/ https://u.fsf.org/28s -
David Thompson (dthompson)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2017 20:04:07 UTC 
David Thompson
holy fuck #gnu on freenode is a dumpster fire.
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Björn Holmer (comradefox)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2017 17:40:43 UTC 
Björn Holmer
@pati Yes, I know the "Guix System Distribution" and after I talked to some people about it, I reeeeaally want to try it out some time. (Although Fedora will always be my one and only ;-) !guix !ilovefs #Fedora #GNU #Linux -
Björn Holmer (comradefox)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2017 17:38:18 UTC
Björn Holmer
@pati Yeah, I know Guix and after I talked to some people about it, I reeeeaally want to try it out some time. (Although Fedora will always be my one and only ;-) !guix !ilovefs #Fedora #GNU #Linux -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2017 23:35:34 UTC 
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
Why are there so few books and tutorials for #Scilab [1] and #GNU #Octave [2]? CC: @bthall
[1] http://www.scilab.org/
[2] http://wiki.octave.org/GNU_Octave_Wiki -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jun-2017 05:02:30 UTC 
Mike Gerwitz
#GNU is more than just a collection of software; it is an operating system:
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
Many hackers and activists within the free software community don't understand this well, and it's a shame to see attacks on GNU's relevance (as measured by programs written by GNU on a given system) going unchallenged. Software for GNU was written by the GNU Project when a suitable free program was not available. It wouldn't have made sense to write everything from scratch if free programs already solved the problem.
When we say GNU/Linux, we really are referring to the GNU operating system that just happens to be using Linux. It could be using the FreeBSD kernel (GNU/FreeBSD). It could be using a Windows kernel with a Linux API (GNU/kWindows). It could be using the Hurd (GNU/Hurd). The disambiguation is important, but the end result is pretty much the same.
There are many systems that use Linux that are not GNU. Android is not GNU, for example. We shouldn't attempt to call those systems "GNU/Linux" blindly. (Also note how it's called "Android", not "Android/Linux", or just "Linux". Somehow GNU is controversial, though.)
So if you see someone challenging GNU's relevance because GNU/Linux contains so much software that isn't part of a GNU package, then please provide the above link, and kindly explain to them that their observation is correct, because GNU is an operating system, not a collection of programs. -
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2017 14:17:04 UTC 
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
2000: when I didn't know if #gnu #linux would survive
2006: when #microsoft used #swpats to try to kill GNU/Linux
2017: Linux is mainstream -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2017 16:28:09 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Thanks to Luis Gustavo #GDB, #binutils #glibc and Avinash Sonawane #Wget for assigning their copyright to the FSF #GNU -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2017 20:51:41 UTC
Free Software Foundation
GNU Spotlight: Sixteen new GNU releases in the last month https://u.fsf.org/27v #GNU #spotlight -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2017 16:04:24 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Thanks to Luis Gustavo, Johannes Pfau, and Shujing Zhao for assigning their GCC copyright to the FSF, helping to keep software free #GNU -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2017 22:42:13 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
We know that #penguin is named #Tux. What is the #gnu named? I vote "Iggy". #Iggyformascot -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2017 14:54:31 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Attend the #GNU Tools Cauldron from Sep 8-10 in Prague: https://u.fsf.org/27j -- CFP open until June 30 -
Danyl Strype (strypey)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2017 15:01:12 UTC 
Danyl Strype
@elucidating Linus allows that by not using the GPLv3 (or AGPLv3 for server-side use). What would you suggest #GNU do about it? -
Danyl Strype (strypey)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2017 14:57:18 UTC
Danyl Strype
@elucidating #GNU is the flagship operating system, #Linux is its kernel. At least until #HURD is ready for production use ;P -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:44:16 UTC
Free Software Foundation
GNU Spotlight: Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month https://u.fsf.org/271 #GNU #spotlight -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:44:16 UTC
Free Software Foundation
GNU Spotlight: Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month https://u.fsf.org/271 #GNU #spotlight -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2017 17:32:45 UTC
Free Software Foundation
Thanks to Bartosz Duszel #Guile and Avinash Sonawane #Wget for assigning their copyright to the FSF, helping to keep software free #GNU
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