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From: Matt Lee
Subject: www home.shtml
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:25:28 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Matt Lee <mattl>        10/06/07 16:25:28

Modified files:
        .              : home.shtml 

Log message:
        more reorganizing

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/home.shtml?cvsroot=www&r1=1.405&r2=1.406

Patches:
Index: home.shtml
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/home.shtml,v
retrieving revision 1.405
retrieving revision 1.406
diff -u -b -r1.405 -r1.406
--- home.shtml  7 Jun 2010 16:10:31 -0000       1.405
+++ home.shtml  7 Jun 2010 16:25:22 -0000       1.406
@@ -32,42 +32,42 @@
 
       <h2>What is GNU?</h2>
 
-<p>The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete
-Unix-like operating system which is <a
-href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>: the GNU operating
-system.</p>
+<p>GNU was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating
+system which is <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>&mdash; 
software which respects your freedom.</p>
 
 <img src="/graphics/heckert_gnu.small.png" style="float: left; margin: 10px;" 
alt="" />
 
-<p>Unix-like operating systems are built from a collection of <a
-href="/software/libc/">libraries</a>, <a
-href="http://directory.fsf.org/GNU";>applications</a> and <a
-href="/software/gdb/">developer tools</a>, plus a kernel to allocate
-resources and talk to the hardware &mdash; <a
-href="/software/hurd/">Hurd, GNU's kernel</a> is actively developed,
-but is still some way from being ready for daily use, so GNU is often
-used with the kernel Linux.</p>
+      <p>Unix-like operating systems are built from a collection
+      of <a href="/software/libc/">libraries</a>, <a
+      href="http://directory.fsf.org/GNU";>applications</a> and <a
+      href="/software/gdb/">developer tools</a> &mdash; plus a program
+      to allocate resources and talk to the hardware, known as a
+      kernel &mdash; <a href="/software/hurd/">Hurd, GNU's kernel</a>
+      is actively developed, but is still some way from being ready
+      for daily use, so GNU is often used with the kernel Linux.</p>
 
       <p>The combination of GNU and Linux is the <b>GNU/Linux
-operating system</b>, now used by millions.</p>
-
-<p>Sometimes this combination is incorrectly
-called <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">Linux</a>. There are many
-variants or &ldquo;distributions&rdquo; of GNU/Linux.</p>
-
-<p><span class="highlight">We recommend
-the <a href="/distros/free-distros.html">GNU/Linux
-distributions</a> that are 100% free software; in other words,
-entirely freedom-respecting</span>.</p>
-
-<p>The name &ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is a recursive acronym for &ldquo;GNU's
-Not Unix!&rdquo;; it is pronounced <em>g-noo</em>, as one syllable with
-no vowel sound between the <em>g</em> and the <em>n</em>.</p>
-
-
-
-
+      operating system</b>, now used by millions.</p>
 
+      <p><strong><a href="/distros/">Download and try GNU now</a>, as
+      a Live CD that doesn't require installation on your
+      computer.</strong></p>
+
+      <p class="c"><a href="/graphics/t-desktop.png"><img 
src="/graphics/t-desktop-sm.png" alt="Screenshot of GNU" /></a></p>
+
+      <p>Sometimes this combination is incorrectly called <a
+      href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">Linux</a>. There are many
+      variants or &ldquo;distributions&rdquo; of GNU/Linux.</p>
+
+      <p>We recommend the <a
+      href="/distros/free-distros.html">GNU/Linux distributions</a>
+      that are 100% free software in other words, entirely
+      freedom-respecting.</p>
+      
+      <p><small>The name &ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is a recursive acronym for
+      &ldquo;GNU's Not Unix!&rdquo;; it is pronounced <em>g-noo</em>,
+      as one syllable with no vowel sound between the <em>g</em> and
+      the <em>n</em>.</small></p>
 
 <!--
    Keep link lines at 72 characters or lynx will break them poorly.
@@ -86,16 +86,6 @@
 
       <p class="button c small"><a 
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware";>Download GNU 
source code</a></p>
 
-       
-<h2>GNUstep</h2>
-
-<p><a href="http://www.gnustep.org/";>GNUstep</a> is a fully-functional 
object-oriented development environment.</p>
-
-<p>We need developers to write and port applications to GNUstep so
-that we can make it a great experience for users. See
-<a href="http://www.gnustep.org/";>http://www.gnustep.org/</a>
-for more information.</p>
-
 <!-- END content -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN Articles -->
@@ -123,6 +113,12 @@
 
 <!--#include file="gnusflashes.include" -->
 
+       <p><a href="http://www.gnustep.org/";>GNUstep</a> is a fully-functional
+object-oriented development environment. We need developers to write
+and port applications to GNUstep so that we can make it a great
+experience for users.</p>
+
+
 <p>For other news, as well as for items that used to be in this GNUs
 Flashes section, see <a href="/server/whatsnew.html">What's New</a> in
 and about the GNU Project.  </p>
@@ -232,7 +228,7 @@
 
 <p>Last Updated:
    <!-- timestamp start -->
-   $Date: 2010/06/07 16:10:31 $
+   $Date: 2010/06/07 16:25:22 $
    <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 



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