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GNU is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. Its name is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix; it was chosen because its design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and by not containing any Unix code.[2] Development of GNU was initiated by Richard Stallman and was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
The project to develop GNU is known as the GNU Project, and programs released under the auspices of the GNU Project are called GNU packages or GNU programs. The system's basic components include the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), the GNU Binary Utilities (binutils), the bash shell, the GNU C library (glibc), and GNU Core Utilities (coreutils).
Source: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU)

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  - GNU is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. Its name is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix; it was chosen because its design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and by not containing any Unix code.[2] Development of GNU was initiated by Richard Stallman and was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
    The project to develop GNU is known as the GNU Project, and programs released under the auspices of the GNU Project are called GNU packages or GNU programs. The system's basic components include the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), the GNU Binary Utilities (binutils), the bash shell, the GNU C library (glibc), and GNU Core Utilities (coreutils).
    Source: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU)
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    GNU @ Wikipedia
    GNU (pronounced /gnu/ (help·info)) is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. Its name is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix, which was chosen because its design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and by not containing any Unix code.[1] GNU was founded by Richard Stallman and was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The project to develop GNU is known as the GNU...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU
    
    OpenEmbedded
    OpenEmbedded is a full-featured development environment allowing users to target a wide variety of devices. Supporting multiple build, release paths and configurations, OpenEmbedded extends the capabilities of your build and release engineers. OpenEmbedded uses compilation and configuration caching at most levels to increase developer productivity. OpenEmbedded is a tool which allows developers to create a fully usable Linux base for...
    http://www.openembedded.org/
    
    GNU Project
    The GNU Project started in 1984 to develop a complete free Unix-like operating system. Variants of the GNU system, using Linux as the kernel, are now widely used; though often called Linux, they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems. The first test release of the GNU system, using the GNU Hurd as the kernel, was made in August 1996. Contains an extensive hotlist of other sites promoting FREE software.
    http://www.gnu.org/
    
    O'Reilly Open Source Center
    O'Reilly's webzine devoted to open source issues as well as plenty of plugs for O'Reilly's books on open-source products like PERL and the GNU toolchain.
    http://opensource.oreilly.com/
    
    Bill Gatliff's Home Page
    Mr. Gatliff is one of the major 'guru's' of GNU/Embedded. This site is intended to be more than a personal homepage. There is information here on the work he is involved in, including the Crossgcc Wiki and gdbstubs projects. He also provides the text for most of my articles and presentations, many of which are useful as short tutorials.
    http://www.billgatliff.com/
    
    Free 30-Day Tryout of Visual X-Tools IDE with ARM Toolsuite on Windows Host
    GNU X-Tools and solutions, training and support services. GNU X-Tools, Microcross' flagship product, is a reliable, low-cost embedded developer solution supporting over 20 of the most popular embedded 16, 32 and 64-bit embedded microprocessors. GNU X-Tools with its IDE companion, Visual X-Tools™, is becoming a standard for commercially supported embedded programming tools; no other solution offers the breadth and depth of microprocessor coverage.
    http://www.microcross.com/EvalRegister.htm
    
    GDB: The GNU Project Debugger
    GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going on `inside' another program while it executes -- or what another program was doing at the moment it crashed. GDB can do four main kinds of things (plus other things in support of these) to help you catch bugs in the act:
    http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/
    
    GNUSH - GNU Tool for Renesas Targets
    The KPIT Cummins GNU tools are packaged in ready to use Windows & Linux Installers along with Release Notes, Tutorials and FAQs. Windows users can use the tools with Renesas' High-performance Embedded Workshop (HEW) IDE and other Renesas tools (such as the HDI Debugging Interface).
    http://www.kpitgnutools.com/
    
    GNU + Cygnus = Cygwin (GNU Tools)
    Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality. A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel. The Cygwin DLL currently works with all recent, commercially released x86 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows, with the exception of Windows CE. Note that the official support for Windows 95,...
    http://www.cygwin.com/
    
    GCC home page
    GCC development is a part of the GNU Project, aiming to improve the compiler used in the GNU system including the GNU/Linux variant. The GCC development effort uses an open development environment and supports many other platforms in order to foster a world-class, optimizing compiler, to attract a larger team of developers, to ensure that GCC and the GNU system work on multiple architectures and diverse environments.
    http://gcc.gnu.org/
    
    Explanation: these links are provided as part of our EE glossary project, which seeks to identify the most prominent keywords in embedded systems, embedded software, realtime and rtos, dsp (digital signal processing), system-on-a-chip, microprocessors and microcontrollers, and other constituent elements for embedded systems. While we seek to keep most of the links up-to-date, the user is refered to other primary electronic-based search sites such as: cera2.com, embedded.com, or EDN Magazine. If you have any suggestions of links or definitions, please email!

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