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| author | daniel-Jones <daniel@danieljon.es> | 2018-04-08 16:34:56 +0930 |
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| committer | daniel-Jones <daniel@danieljon.es> | 2018-04-08 16:34:56 +0930 |
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@@ -3,13 +3,36 @@ <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="keywords" content="linux, gnu, FOSS, free software, gnu/linux, gnu plus linux"> - <meta name="description" content="GNU PLius Linux"> + <meta name="description" content="GNU Plus Linux"> <meta name="author" content="daniel_j"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="Cache-control" content="public"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png"> - <title>{TITLE}</title> - Work in progress. + <title>GNU plus Linux</title> + <style> + body{/* background-color:#222; color: #eee; */ margin-right: 5%; margin-left: 5%; font-family: Verdana} + .content + { + } + .middle{text-align: center; font-size: 70%} + .footnote{font-size: 70%} + </style> + </head> + <body> + <div class="content"> + <h1>What is GNU?</h1> + <a href="https://www.gnu.org/">GNU</a> is an operating system and an extensive collection of software that forms part of what people refer to as the GNU plus Linux operating system (or erroneously just Linux).<br> <br> + <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman">Richard Stallman</a> announced the GNU project in 1983. The operating system was to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software">free software</a> replacement to the proprietary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix">UNIX</a> operating system. <br> <br> + In 1992 the GNU operating system almost had the entirety of its components created, however one critical part was missing, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)">kernel</a>. + <h1>What is Linux?</h1> + <a href="https://www.kernel.org/">Linux</a> is a kernel and is not an operating system unto itself, instead is a critical component in the GNU plus Linux operating system. <br> <br> + <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds">Linus Torvalds</a> began development on the Linux kernel in 1991 after frustrations relating to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX">MINIX</a> licensing at the time. The Linux kernel was originally licensed to prohibited commercial redistribution. <br> <br> + In 1992 Linus liberated his kernel relicensing it under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html">GNU GPL</a>. Now under a free licence and considered free software, the Linux kernel and GNU operating system, along with it's extensive collection of software can pair in a mutually beneficial relationship. + <h2>Combined, they form an entire operating system as defined by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX">POSIX</a> known as GNU plus Linux.<h2> <br> <br> + </div> + <div class="footnote"> + source available under GPL 2 on <a href="https://github.com/daniel-Jones/gnupluslinux.com">GitHub</a> (PR's welcome) or via <a href="https://git.danieljon.es/gnupluslinux.com/">cgit</a> + </div> </body> </html> |