Posts Tagged ‘gnu’

Okay, I’ve looked around, but can’t find a proper answer from Linux users. They tell me that it’s a "GNU Unix Linux Operating system with customizable" blah blah blah.

I’ve heard it’s a GREAT system to run, but what is it in a nutshell?

I know that GNU means freeware basically, but please, someone want to help me out here?

GNU Free Documentation License and GNU Free Documentation License

There doesn’t seem to be GNU Make file in PATH or in Dev-C++’s Bin path. Please make sure that you have GNU Make and adjust Bin setting or system PATH environment variable and that make setting in Compiler Option contains correct filename, otherwise you will not be able to compile anything.
…and moreover, how do I address this problem.

e.g. Linux, gnu

how can i change my mingw/msys installation to where i can have fmemopen and fcookieopen which is included in the gnu libc cause mine doesnt have it and i’m on Windows operating system well windows vista
how can i make mine a poxis installation

If I had a website, and I found an image in Wikimedia Commons that I wanted to use, what do I do?

Do I copy the LINK from Wikimedia Commons and use it in my website, or do I save the picture and upload it on my own host?

Do I need to do anything else? What is GNU? Please explain the process in a clear way.

Where am I supposed to put the credit on? What am I supposed to write?

Thanks.

I have been using Linux for a while now and I have always wanted to know what makes Linux so secure. Is it because most distros are open source developed and the kernel is always being changed? Is the kernel always being changed? Why is Linux so secure?
PS- I love GNU/Linux!
Thank you everyone, all of the answers have answered my question. I don’t know who to pick as best answer, so I’m going to let you guys decide. Thanks =-)

It seems GNU or some compiler says free(NULL) will be ignored. Is this a common sense?

I want to try a Gnu operating system but I don’t know anything much about programming or that so I want to be sure I can get back to where I was if I’m not happy

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.