GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software. GNU is comprised mostly of free software, most of this software is licensed under the GNU General Public License which was created by the GNU Project for easier licensing of free and opensource software. When we say free software in this book we are going by the definition set by Richard Stallman, which states that free software must have these four freedoms, The freedom to run the program for any purpose, The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish, The freedom to redistribute and make copies so you can help your neighbor, and The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements (and modified versions in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits. The GNU Project originally created an operating system kernel called GNU Hurd which has since been replaced by the Linux kernel. Although the GNU Projects members still develop GNU Hurd it is treated as a sort of side hustle as they had switched their main focus to the version of GNU with the Linux kernel.
The Linux kernel is a free and opensource operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. it is still developed and maintained by Linus Torvalds as well as many other contributors worldwide and has to support a wide range of computer hardware. GNU distributions adopted Linux pretty early on and as of 2012, Linux is an official part of the GNU Project. GNU and Linux have since become ubiquitous to the point that the duo is often referred to as just Linux or the less frequent but preferred GNU/Linux, the latter is what I will be referring to it as in this book, mainly out of respect for the GNU Project for all of the work that they put into what many people now call Linux.
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GNU/Linux (The Operating System Of The Future)
Non-FictionI wholeheartedly believe that GNU/Linux is the future of computing, In this book, I explain my reasoning for this and also explain what the GNU/Linux operating system is in the first place and what is means for computer users worldwide.
