The GNU Operating System

Description: Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.

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Random Number Generator Algorithms
Documentation of algorithms in the GNU Scientific Library Reference Manual.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Random-Number-Generation.html
Top/Computers/Algorithms/Pseudorandom_Numbers

GNU HaliFAX
The GNU project's fax system
http://www.gnu.org/software/halifax/
Top/Computers/Data_Communications/Unified_Messaging/Fax_Server/Resources

GNU tar
Software to create tar archives. Introduction, download, and manual. [GNU GPL]
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Archive/tar

GNU Project - Texinfo
Free Software Foundation page on their utilities that generate online help and printed manuals from the same information, called Info. Includes online manual in many formats.
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/texinfo.html
Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Help/Texinfo

Qexo (Kawa-XQuery)
A partial implementation of XQuery. It compiles queries down to Java bytecodes using the Kawa framework.
http://www.gnu.org/software/qexo/
Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/Addressing_and_Querying/XQuery/Tools

Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages
Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents. Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Open_Standards

We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Open_Standards

GNUPod
GPL-licensed scripts to allow iPod management on Linux. News, documentation, and downloads.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnupod/
Top/Computers/Hardware/Peripherals/Audio/Portable_Players/Apple_iPod

GNU TLS
An Open Source implementation of TLS 1.0 Internet protocol as described in RFC2246. [GPL]
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/
Top/Computers/Internet/Protocols/SSL-TLS/Programming_Libraries

GNUMP3d
Small, portable, open-source streaming server for MP3, OGG and other formats.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnump3d/
Top/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/Audio_Formats/MP3/Software/Streaming