http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html Copyright © 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 Richard Stallman Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is preserved. Updated: : 2008/01/21 09:10:30 $ her name; independently, the H.U.R.D design was changed so that the C library would send messages directly to servers, and this made the Alix componentdisappear from the design. But before these things happened, a friend of hers came across the name Alix in the H.U.R.D source code, and mentioned the name to her. So the name did its job. Linux and G.N.U./Linux The G.N.U. Hurd is not ready for production use. Fortunately, another kernel is available. In 1991, Linus Torvalds developed a Unix-compatible kernel and called it Linux. Around 1992, combining Linux with the not-quite-complete G.N.U. system resulted in a complete free operating system. (Combining them