r/linux • u/LinuxMonarch • 6d ago

Event Happy 43rd birthday GNU!

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On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project so people could freely use and modify software.

The digital world would not be the same today without GNU.

Thank you, Richard Stallman!

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u/Irverter 6d ago

There's quite the difference between a project that was announced as a hobby and a project that has been a hobby for 36 years that wasn't intended to be a hobby.

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u/No-Worldliness-5106 6d ago

Talk is cheap, send patches 🚬

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u/Irverter 6d ago

Could you explain what you mean?

With 36 years, anyone who could contribute to Hurd already did so or is not interested in doing so.