Looking at the history: http://www.gnu.org/press/gnome-1.0.html http://www.gnu.org/press/gnome-1.0.html > The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced the rel

Looking at the history: http://www.gnu.org/press/gnome-1.0.html http://www.gnu.org/press/gnome-1.0.html > The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced the release of GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) 1.0 today at the Linux World Conference. GNOME is an integrated desktop environment designed to run on GNU/Linux systems. > The Free Software Foundation, a tax-exempt charity formed in 1985, is dedicated to eliminating restrictions of people's right to use, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. It does so by protecting these rights through the GNU General Public License. The aim is to give people the freedom to cooperate with other computer users. > "GNOME is a flexible GUI (Graphical User's Interface) that combines ease of use and the flexibility and reliability of GNU/Linux. We're very excited about GNOME and what it will mean for the future of GNU/Linux computing" Miguel de Icaza, chief designer of GNOME said earlier. At one point, the G in GNOME stood for GNU (now GNOME is just a name, not an acronym), and the FSF was active in its maintenance.