GNU

Because the GNU kernel, Hurd, is not production-ready , GNU is usually used with the Linux kernel. Arch Linux is such a GNU/Linux distribution, using GNU software like the Bash shell, the GNU coreutils, the GNU toolchain and numerous other utilities and libraries. This page does not attempt to list all of the nearly 400 GNU packages and only highlights some.

From Wikipedia:

GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software. GNU is composed wholly of free software, most of which is licensed under the GNU Project's own General Public License (GPL). GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!".

Texinfo

GNU software is documented using the Texinfo typesetting syntax. You can view Info documents using the info program, provided by the texinfo package.

While most GNU software also provides man pages, the Info documents tend to be more comprehensive. To view an Info document, simply enter:

$ info page_name

Base system

GRUB — GRUB is the bootloader from the GNU project.

https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ || grub

Bash — It is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh).

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ || bash

Coreutils — Coreutils provides the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ || coreutils

gzip — gzip is both a file format and a software application for compression and decompression.

https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ || gzip

tar — It provides the ability to create or decompress tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation.

https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ || tar

Toolchain

Most tools of the GNU toolchain are in the group, except glibc (required by ) and GDB.

glibc — GNU's implementation of the C library.

https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ || glibc (required by base)

GNU Binutils — A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files. Includes ld.

https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ || binutils

Build system

From Wikipedia:

The GNU Build System, also known as the Autotools, is a suite of programming tools designed to assist in making source code packages portable to many Unix-like systems.