GNU-Linux
www.fsf.org
Dal sito ufficiale:
Since 1985 we’ve been fighting for essential freedom for computer users.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)3 donor supported charity founded in 1985 and
based in Boston, MA, USA. The FSF has a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to
defend the rights of all free software users.
To use free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting the right to learn,
and share what we learn with others.
Free software has become the foundation of a learning society where we share our knowledge in a way that others can build upon and enjoy. [...]
www.gnu.org
Dal sito ufficiale:
GNU Operating System — GNU is free software
The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is
free software: the GNU system. [...]
www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it.
Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called
“Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system,
developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system
they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources
to the other programs that you run. [...]
Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds
with the assistance of developers around the world.
Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code for Linux is freely available
to everyone. [...]
Is the operating system that is causing a revolution in the world of computers. [...]
www.kernel.org
Dal sito ufficiale:
Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds
with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net.
It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. [...]