what's GNU stands for ,I'd like to know these abbreviations as I am starting to move to Linux OS?
Friday, August 13th, 2010 at
16:26
I am a newbie to Linux OS and I am curious about some abbreviations used like GNU,GNOME,KDE,…I already know GNOME,KDE and some others but I don’t know what’s GNU stands for.
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Gnu’s not unix
GNU = Gnu’s Not Unix
You’ll find a lot of these, they are like an "inside joke" of sorts.
GNOME = GNU Object Model Environment (just think of it as a "desktop environment")
KDE = K Desktop Environment (sometimes also Kool Desktop Environment; you can actually identify KDE desktop programs easily because many of them start with a K in their name)
The GNU Project, started in 1983 by Richard Stallman, had the goal of creating a "complete Unix-compatible software system" composed entirely of free software. Work began in 1984. Later, in 1985, Stallman created the Free Software Foundation and wrote the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) in 1989. By the early 1990s, many of the programs required in an operating system (such as libraries, compilers, text editors, a Unix shell, and a windowing system) were completed, although low-level elements such as device drivers, daemons, and the kernel were stalled and incomplete. Linus Torvalds has said that if the GNU kernel had been available at the time (1991), he would not have decided to write his own.
hope i heped here , have a nice day
Gnu’s Not UNIX.
And there is no such thing as "Linux OS". Also, Window Maker forever.
Well what Marko S said about KDE isn’t correct anymore. KDE isn’t acronym anymore, See more here → http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand