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GNU 40th anniversary(www.gnu.org)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5592397

Forty years ago, Richard Stallman announced the plan to develop the GNU operating system, which would be entirely composed of free software. The existence of a free operating system would enable people to operate their computers in freedom, throwing off the power of the developers of nonfree software. The GNU Project has also built the global free software movement.

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Roshakk@lemmy.world
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Is this the year of the Hurd desktop?

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Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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can’t even get a de working with the current debian builds lmao

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Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
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love the name cause every time I think its gotta be a joke. Like did they name it after Lief Erikson day

(spongebob reference for the uninitiated)

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