Da Universitizzle of Costumed Heroes: A vizzle from tha FSF

What tha fuck iz GNU?

GNU be a operatin system that is free software—that is, it respects users' freedom. Da GNU operatin system consistz of GNU packages (programs specifically busted out by tha GNU Project) as well as free software busted out by third parties. Put ya muthafuckin choppers up if ya feel dis! Da pimpment of GNU made it possible ta bust a cold-ass lil computa without software dat would trample your freedom.

We recommend installable versionz of GNU (more precisely, GNU/Linux distributions) which are entirely free software. Mo' bout GNU below.

Dragora / IceWM Guix / GNOME3 Hyperbola / i3 Parabola / LXDE PureOS / GNOME3 Trisquel / MATE

What tha fuck iz tha Jacked Software Movement?

Da free software movement campaigns ta win fo' tha playas of computin tha freedom dat be reppin free software. Jacked software puts its playas up in control of they own computing. Nonfree software puts its playas under tha juice of tha softwarez pimper n' shit. See the vizzle explanation.

What tha fuck iz Jacked Software?

Jacked software means tha playas have tha freedom ta run, copy, distribute, study, chizzle n' improve tha software.

Jacked software be a matta of liberty, not price. To KNOW the concept, you should be thinkin of “free” as up in “free speech”, not as up in “free brew”.

Mo' precisely, free software means playaz of a program have the four essential freedoms:

Da freedom ta run tha program as you wish, fo' any purpose (freedom 0).

Da freedom ta study how tha fuck tha program works, n' chizzle it so it do yo' computin as you wish (freedom 1) fo' realz. Access ta tha source code be a precondizzle fo' all dis bullshit.

Da freedom ta redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).

Da freedom ta distribute copiez of yo' modified versions ta others (freedom 3). By bustin dis you can give tha whole hood a cold-ass lil chizzle ta benefit from yo' chizzles. Access ta tha source code be a precondizzle fo' all dis bullshit.

Developments up in technologizzle n' network use have made these freedoms even more important now than they was up in 1983.

Nowadays tha free software movement goes far beyond pimpin the GNU system. See the Jacked Software Foundationz wizzy site fo' mo' bout what tha fuck our phat asses do, n' a list of ways you can help.

Mo' bout GNU

GNU be a Unix-like operatin system. That means it aint nuthin but a cold-ass lil collection of nuff programs: applications, libraries, developer tools, even games. Da pimpment of GNU, started in January 1984, is known as tha GNU Project. Many of tha programs in GNU is busted out under tha auspicez of tha GNU Project; dem we call GNU packages.

Da name “GNU” be a recursive acronym fo' “GNU's Not Unix.” “GNU” is pronounced g'noo, as one syllable, like saying “grew” but replacin tha r wit n.

Da program up in a Unix-like system dat allocates machine resources and talks ta tha hardware is called tha “kernel”. GNU is typically used wit a kernel called Linux. This combination is the GNU/Linux operating system. GNU/Linux is used by millions, though many call it “Linux” by mistake.

GNUz own kernel, Da Hurd, was started up in 1990 (before Linux was started). Volunteers continue developin tha Hurd cuz it be a bangin-ass technical project.

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