Of the many controversies in free software, this is one that I have long found to be interesting. People seem to define things in different ways, which leads to confusion (and arguing) when one person calls a system a "GNU/Linux" system and the next calls it just the "Linux" system.

"GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc..." — via GNU Wget —

The Linux platform is an emerging market with a lot of growth potential. Software companies should definitely get on board to get a competitive advantage.

"We work for software freedom every day, but today is the day we mark to celebrate Free Software. Over 500 teams in 90 countries are holding events, meetings and parties, for example in Vienna and Leipzig..."

Everything is better in pairs. GNU and Linux compliment each other very well and one can't live without the other. Once you give GNU/Linux a try you won't understand how you lived without it. All the best things in life are free ;-)

"The GNU Autotools (the GNU Build System) is a group of utilities designed to make it easy for developers to create software that is portable across many Unix-like operating systems. Unfortunately, most Autotools documentation is merely reference material, and a serious guide to the tools is needed.

"GNU Mailutils Version 2.1 "Ten Years Later" is available for download from [...] Ten years ago, on 10 September 1999, the very first commit to the Mailutils repository was made. Today, our team is proud to present this release, a mature and well established mail handling framework..."