DotGNU

DotGNU is a decommissioned part of the GNU Project that aims to provide a free software replacement for Microsoft's .NET Framework by Free Software Foundation. Other goals of the project are better support for non-Windows platforms and support for more processors.

The main goal of the DotGNU project code base was to provide a class library that is 100% Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant.

Main development projects

Portable.NET

DotGNU Portable.NET, an implementation of the ECMA-335 Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), includes software to compile and run Visual Basic .NET, C#, and C applications that use the .NET base class libraries, XML, and Windows Forms. Portable.NET claims to support various instruction set architectures including x86, PPC, ARM, and SPARC.

phpGroupWare

phpGroupWare, a multi-user web-based GroupWare suite, which also serves to provide a collection of webservice components that can be accessed through XML-RPC so that can easily integrate them into webservice applications.

Wildebeest

The wildebeests, also called gnus or wildebai, are a genus of antelopes, Connochaetes. They belong to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep and other even-toed horned ungulates. Connochaetes includes two species, both native to Africa: the black wildebeest, or white-tailed gnu (C. gnou); and the blue wildebeest, or brindled gnu (C. taurinus). Fossil records suggest these two species diverged about one million years ago, resulting in a northern and a southern species. The blue wildebeest remained in its original range and changed very little from the ancestral species, while the black wildebeest changed more in order to adapt to its open grassland habitat in the south. The most obvious way of telling the two species apart are the differences in their colouring and in the way their horns are oriented.

In East Africa, the blue wildebeest is the most abundant big game species and some populations perform an annual migration to new grazing grounds but the black wildebeest is merely nomadic. Breeding in both takes place over a short period of time at the end of the rainy season and the calves are soon active and are able to move with the herd. Nevertheless, some fall prey to large carnivores. Wildebeest often graze in mixed herds with zebra which gives heightened awareness of potential predators. They are also alert to the warning signals emitted by other animals such as baboons. Wildebeest are a tourist attraction but compete with domesticated livestock for pasture and are sometimes blamed by farmers for transferring diseases and parasites to their cattle. Some illegal hunting goes on but the population trend is fairly stable and some populations are in national parks or on private land. The IUCN lists both species as being of "least concern".

GNU (disambiguation)

GNU is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU Project.

GNU or gnu may also refer to:

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Spartak

Spartak may refer to:

Meaning

Derived from Spartacus

In sports

In Russia

In Ukraine

In Bulgaria

In Serbia

In Slovakia

Spartak!

Spartak! were a musical collective from Alcobaça, Portugal. Although Alcobaça is relatively small, it maintains a music scene including Loto, The Gift and Samuel Jerónimo. Spartak's debut EP Spartak! One (released in May 2006) was produced by Ricardo Coelho of Loto. The band did not maintain a "fixed" lineup, but recorded as a collective of various members in order to accommodate a variety of artistic ideas. The live band generally performed with one lead vocalist, two guitarists, bass, a keyboardist, and a drummer, and occasionally an image projectionist. In addition to founding members Tiago Matos, Márcio Duarte, Wagner Fernandes, and Carlos Sousa, other live band members have included JT (Loto), Nuno Ruas, and Nuno Oliveira.

Nuno Galopim (national radio broadcaster and journalist with Diário de Notícias) wrote an editorial upon their debut, stating "By their own hand, Spartak! signal with their debut EP the best moment of pop we've heard since 2004. It's great to discover such a good cocktail of references inside a collection of five songs; this EP demonstrates just why it's a good idea to keep one's eye trained on the center of the country [Portugal]". The EP also received airplay on Portuguese national radio stations Rádio Radar,Coimbra University Radio and via DJs Fernando Alvim and Henrique Amaro on RDP Antena 3. The band completed a Portuguese national tour in 2006.

Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based in Moscow, Russia: