{"id":1326,"date":"2008-09-02T17:38:39","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T21:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2009-01-25T20:20:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T01:20:04","slug":"happy-birthday-to-gnu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/09\/02\/happy-birthday-to-gnu\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to GNU!"},"content":{"rendered":"

GNU (that’s “G<\/strong>NU is N<\/strong>ot U<\/strong>nix,” in case you were wondering) turns 25 years old this year. Apparently, Stephen Fry has made a little video to help celebrate<\/a> – and I think it’s wonderful<\/em> and you should definitely go watch it right now.<\/p>\n

In fact, you may want to watch it and send it to a friend – after all, it’s free!<\/p>\n

Happy 25th, GNU!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GNU (that’s “GNU is Not Unix,” in case you were wondering) turns 25 years old this year. Apparently, Stephen Fry has made a little video to help celebrate – and I think it’s wonderful and you should definitely go watch it right now. In fact, you may want to watch it and send it to… Continue reading Happy Birthday to GNU!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,203,201,5],"tags":[97,38],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-stuff","category-internet-technology","category-software-technology","category-technology","tag-software","tag-video","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-lo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/02\/13\/truecrypt\/","url_meta":{"origin":1326,"position":0},"title":"TrueCrypt","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I think this is GREAT software. 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