GNU Project News and Articles

The Free Software Foundation: New Home Page, New Directions

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

27.07.2010
The Free Software Foundation's new home page is more than a change in design. It also marks a change in purpose.
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FSFE Founder Georg Greve Awarded German Cross of Merit

28.04.2010

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) founding president Georg Greve was awarded the German Cross of Merit for his intervention on the part of free software and open standards.

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RMS's Mostly Slax: Bad choices in a good cause

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

11.02.2010
I wanted to like this new free distribution, but I can't. The cause may be worthy but the implementation asmks for too many unnecessary sacrifices.
floss , free software , GNU Project , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine
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GNOME, GNU, and a long memory

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

16.12.2009
The debate over whether GNOME should leave the GNU Project makes a lot more sense if you can remember the last six months.
free software , Gnome , GNU Project , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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GNOME: Split from GNU Project?

14.12.2009

Richard Stallman's strong position against proprietary applications is butting heads with some members of the GNOME Foundation. A call to split with Stallman's GNU Project is being considered.

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Rush Hour: Newest GNU Restricted User Shell

20.01.2009

The latest stable release of the GNU Restricted User Shell (Rush), version 1.5, includes new configuration offerings and a notification feature.

GNU Project , Unix
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Gnash Flow: LinuxFund.org Supports RTMP for Gnash

15.12.2008

The nonprofit LinuxFund.org is providing financial support for Gnash, the Flash alternative, to accelerate development of the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP).

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Richard Stallman's GNU Project Turns 25

29.09.2008

The GNU Project celebrated its 25th birthday on September 27, 2008. With its GCC compiler and bash shell, GNU was ever at the forefront of today's Linux distribution. To kick off the celebration, British humorist Stephen Fry appears in a video in defense of free software.

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The Monthly GNU Column

COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Brave GNU World

This column explores the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the FSF. In this issue,we focus on:The Java Trap,GNU Classpath,development in Java, and news from the FSFE.

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The Monthly GNU Column

COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Brave GNU World

This column looks into projects and current affairs in the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the FSF. In this issue,we focus on communication programs for mobile telephones.

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