CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 12/01/06 02:09:26
Modified files:
. : home.html
Log message:
Make "What is GNU?" clearer.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/home.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.361&r2=1.362
Patches:
Index: home.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/home.html,v
retrieving revision 1.361
retrieving revision 1.362
diff -u -b -r1.361 -r1.362
--- home.html 27 Dec 2011 00:25:07 -0000 1.361
+++ home.html 6 Jan 2012 02:09:19 -0000 1.362
@@ -22,36 +22,35 @@
<h2>What is GNU?</h2>
-<p><a href="/gnu/gnu.html">The GNU Project</a> was launched in 1984 to
-develop the GNU operating system, a complete Unix-like operating system
-which is <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>—software
-which respects your freedom.</p>
+<p>GNU is a Unix-like operating system that
+is <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>—it
+respects your freedom. You can install
+<a href="/distros/free-distros.html">Linux-based
+versions of GNU</a> which are entirely free software.</p>
<p class="c"><a href="/distros/screenshot.html"><img
src="/graphics/t-desktop-4-small.jpg" alt="Screenshot of GNU"
/></a></p>
-<p>Unix-like operating systems are built from a <a
-href="/software/">software collection</a> of applications, libraries,
-and developer tools—plus a program to allocate resources and talk
-to the hardware, known as a kernel.</p>
-
-<p>GNU is <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">often used with a kernel
-called Linux</a>, and here is a <a
-href="/distros/free-distros.html">list of ready-to-install GNU/Linux
-distributions</a> which are entirely free software. <a
-href="/software/hurd/hurd.html">The Hurd, GNU's kernel</a>, is actively
-developed, but is still some way from being ready for daily use.</p>
-
-<p>The combination of <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU and
-Linux</a> is the <strong>GNU/Linux operating system</strong>, now used
-by millions and sometimes incorrectly called simply
-“Linux”.</p>
-
-<p>The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's
-Not Unix!”; <a href="/pronunciation/pronunciation.html">it is pronounced
<em>g-noo</em></a>, as one
-syllable with no vowel sound between the <em>g</em> and the
-<em>n</em>.</p>
+<p>The <a href="/gnu/gnu.html">GNU Project</a> was launched in 1984 to
+develop the GNU system. The name “GNU” is a recursive
+acronym for “GNU's Not
+Unix!”. <a href="/pronunciation/pronunciation.html"> "GNU" is
+pronounced <em>g'noo</em></a>, as one syllable, like saying "grew" but
+replacing the <em>r</em> with <em>n</em>.</p>
+
+<p>A Unix-like operating system is a <a href="/software/">software
+collection</a> of applications, libraries, and developer tools, plus a
+program to allocate resources and talk to the hardware, known as a
+kernel.</p>
+
+<p><a href="/software/hurd/hurd.html">The Hurd, GNU's own kernel</a>,
+is some way from being ready for daily use. Thus, GNU is typically
+used today with a kernel called Linux. This combination is
+the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"> <strong>GNU/Linux operating
+system</strong></a>. GNU/Linux is used by millions, though
+many <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html"> call it "Linux" by
+mistake</a>.
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<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/12/27 00:25:07 $
+$Date: 2012/01/06 02:09:19 $
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</p>
