GNU Logo

By Xah Lee. Date: .

GNU Logo

GNU Logo, a benevolent smiling head of the African antelopes gnu.

The acronym GNU stands for “GNU is Not Unix”. The Tech Geekers made it up and call such “Recursive Acronym”

gnu head
GNU project logo, featuring a gnu head. Drawn by Etienne Suvasa.
gnu head heckert gnu
Simplified version of GNU logo, by Aurelio A Heckert. [image source http://www.gnu.org/graphics/heckert_gnu.html ]

GNU Head ASCII Art

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