Editing GNU (section)

== Components ==
{{Main|List of GNU packages}}

The system's basic components include the [[GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC), the [[GNU C library]] (glibc), and [[GNU Core Utilities]] (coreutils),<ref name="handbookonopensource" /> but also the [[GNU Debugger]] (GDB), [[GNU Binary Utilities]] (binutils),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/archive/gcc-and-gnu-toolchains-for-amd-platforms/ |title=GCC & GNU Toolchains – AMD |publisher=Developer.amd.com |access-date=2015-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316191013/https://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/archive/gcc-and-gnu-toolchains-for-amd-platforms/ |archive-date=2015-03-16 }}</ref> and the [[Bash (Unix shell)|GNU Bash]] shell.<ref name="linuxinterface" /><ref>{{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvuzDziOMeMC|title=Beginning Linux Programming|chapter=The GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation| isbn=9781118058619| last1=Matthew| first1=Neil| last2=Stones| first2=Richard| date=2011-04-22|publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7MhTb9X4aYgC|title=Emerging Free and Open Source Software Practices|pages=262–264|date=May 2007| isbn=9781599042107| last1=Sowe| first1=Sulayman K| last2=Stamelos| first2=Ioannis G| last3=Samoladas| first3=Ioannis M|publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI) }}</ref> GNU developers have contributed to Linux [[port (software)|port]]s of GNU applications and utilities, which are now also widely used on other operating systems such as [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] variants, [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and [[macOS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzle.com/articles/linux-history-and-introduction.html |title=Linux: History and Introduction |publisher=Buzzle.com |date=1991-08-25 |access-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211040818/https://www.buzzle.com/articles/linux-history-and-introduction.html |archive-date=2017-12-11 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2018}}

Many GNU programs have been ported to other operating systems, including [[proprietary software|proprietary]] platforms such as [[Microsoft Windows]]<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SM3PEH9gagC|title=Integrating Linux and Windows|page=30|date=December 2000| isbn=9780130306708| last1=McCune| first1=Mike|publisher=Prentice Hall Professional }}</ref> and macOS.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9K8KEQic5sC|title=A Practical Guide To Unix For Mac Os X Users|page=4|year=2005| isbn=9780131863330| last1=Sobell| first1=Mark G| last2=Seebach| first2=Peter|publisher=Prentice Hall Professional }}</ref> GNU programs have been shown to be more reliable than their proprietary Unix counterparts.<ref>[https://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/paradyn/technical_papers/fuzz-revisited.ps Fuzz Revisited: A Re-examination of the Reliability of UNIX Utilities and Services] – October 1995 – Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~blbowers/fuzz-2001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222035742/http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~blbowers/fuzz-2001.pdf |archive-date=2009-12-22 |url-status=live|title=An Inquiry into the Stability and Reliability of UNIX Utilities}}</ref>

{{As of|2024|June}}, there are a total of 467 GNU packages (including decommissioned, 394 excluding) hosted on the official GNU development site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/software.html |title=Software – GNU Project|publisher=Free Software Foundation, Inc |date=2016-01-13 |access-date=2016-01-13}}</ref>