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+# GNU
+GNU (recursive acronym for *GNU is not Unix*; also ganoo) is a project meant to create a
+[libre](free_software.md), [Unix](unix.md)-like operating system which was started by Richard Stallman in 1983.
+
+GNU software are called "packages", all under the GPL license.
+
+## Some notable GNU packages
+- [Hurd](hurd.md), along with the GNU Mach [microkernel](microkernel.md)
+- GCC (GNU Compiler Collection, originally GNU C Compiler)
+- GDB (GNU Debugger)
+- coreutils
+- binutils
+- Bison (GNU's implementation of the Yacc parser generator)
+- Guile [Scheme](scheme.md)
+- MIT/GNU Scheme
+- [Emacs](emacs.md)
+- GNU [ed](ed.md)
+- GRUB (Grand Unified [Bootloader](bootloader.md))
+- [ncurses](ncurses.md)
+- GNU Guix
+- GNU Shepherd
+- GNU IceCat, fork of [Mozilla](mozilla.md) Firefox
+- ...