www home.html

[Matt Lee]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Matt Lee <mattl>        14/05/15 04:35:09

Modified files:
        .              : home.html 

Log message:
        updated some homepage text to remove a non-sentence and update things
        Re: Hurd from RMS recent interviews.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/home.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.477&r2=1.478

Patches:
Index: home.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/home.html,v
retrieving revision 1.477
retrieving revision 1.478
diff -u -b -r1.477 -r1.478
--- home.html   15 May 2014 04:25:46 -0000      1.477
+++ home.html   15 May 2014 04:35:08 -0000      1.478
@@ -23,32 +23,32 @@
 respects your freedom.  You can install
 <a href="/distros/free-distros.html">
 versions of GNU</a> (more precisely, GNU/Linux systems) which are
-entirely free software. <a href="/provide.html">What we provide</a>.</p>
-
-<p class="c"><a href="/distros/screenshot.html"><img
-   src="/graphics/t-desktop-4-fixed.jpg" alt="Screenshot of GNU"
-   /></a></p>
+entirely free software.</p>
 
 <p>The <a href="/gnu/gnu.html">GNU Project</a> was launched in 1984 to
 develop the GNU system.  The name &ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is a recursive
 acronym for &ldquo;GNU's Not
-Unix!&rdquo;.  <a href="/pronunciation/pronunciation.html">&ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is
-pronounced <em>g'noo</em></a>, as one syllable, like saying "grew" but
-replacing the <em>r</em> with <em>n</em>.</p>
+Unix!&rdquo;.</p>
+
+<p class="c"><a href="/distros/screenshot.html"><img
+   src="/graphics/t-desktop-4-fixed.jpg" alt="Screenshot of GNU"
+   /></a></p>
 
 <p>A Unix-like operating system is a <a href="/software/">software
 collection</a> of applications, libraries, and developer tools, plus a
 program to allocate resources and talk to the hardware, known as a
 kernel.</p>
 
-<p><a href="/software/hurd/hurd.html">The Hurd, GNU's own kernel</a>,
-is some way from being ready for daily use.  Thus, GNU is typically
-used today with a kernel called Linux.  This combination is
-the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"><strong>GNU/Linux operating
+<p>GNU is typically used with a kernel called Linux.  This combination
+is the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"><strong>GNU/Linux operating
 system</strong></a>.  GNU/Linux is used by millions, though
 many <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">call it &ldquo;Linux&rdquo; by
 mistake</a>.</p>
 
+<p>GNU's own kernel, <a href="/software/hurd/hurd.html">The Hurd</a>
+  continues to be developed because it is an interesting technical
+  project.</p>
+
 <h2>What is Free Software?</h2>
 
 <p>&ldquo;<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free software</a>&rdquo;
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
     (freedom 3).   Access to the source code is a precondition for this.</li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2>How to pronounce GNU</h2>
+
+<p><a href="/pronunciation/pronunciation.html">&ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is
+pronounced <em>g'noo</em></a>, as one syllable, like saying "grew" but
+replacing the <em>r</em> with <em>n</em>.</p>
+
 
 </div><!-- /first-column -->
 
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/05/15 04:25:46 $
+$Date: 2014/05/15 04:35:08 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>