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Gnu gnu gnú gnû English Etymology 1 Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒiːˌɛnˈjuː/ en uː 3 Noun en politics en w:government of national unity. en Sarah Dean and David McKenzie First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/africa/early-results-released-in-south-africas-election-intl 2024-05-30 This scenario would hark back to the post-apartheid era when South Africa operated under a GNU to oversee the new constitution, led by Mandela as president and FW de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki as deputy presidents, between April 1994 and February 1997. Etymology 2 thumb|Logo for the GNU project en :acro GNU's not Unix<ety:af<GNU><not><Unix>:influence<gnu>> 1 en 1983 Richard Stallman as a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix”, following convention of naming programs similar to or inspired by existing programs as “(New Name) Is Not (Old Name)”; compare Xinu. Specifically influenced by lack of English words of form ?nu (“?NU is Not Unix”), that en gnu is the alphabetically first (and in fact only) English word of the form ?nu (“?’s Not Unix”), that gnu was perceived as a humorous word, and the existence of the song “The Gnu”.http://fsfe.org/freesoftware/transcripts/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html#the-name-gnu The Free Software Movement and the Future of Freedom: The name "GNU" Free Software Foundation Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20150316191530/http://fsfe.org/freesoftware/transcripts/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html#the-name-gnu 2015-03-16 Richard Stallman March 9th 2006 Pronunciation en /ˈɡnuː/ /ˈd͡ʒiːˌɛnˈjuː/<q:uncommon> How To Pronounce GNU https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.html GNU Project 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20261005211647/https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.html 5 October 2026 en En-gnu.ogg US en uː 1 en gnu one pronunciation Proper noun The Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation's project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses. Derived terms en GNU/Linux GNU FDL GNU GPL GNUtard References Further reading Anagrams en gnu Ung gun NGU Gun UNG nug Ngu NGu en 1-syllable words en Unix Hungarian Pronunciation gnú hu nuː 1 hu gnú Proper noun hu proper noun hu computing GNU Declension GNU- o sgGNU- sg