<s>
The	O
term	O
gEDA	B-Application
refers	O
to	O
two	O
things	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
set	O
of	O
software	O
applications	O
(	O
CAD	B-Application
tools	O
)	O
used	O
for	O
electronic	O
design	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
gEDA	B-Application
is	O
an	O
ECAD	O
(	O
electronic	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
or	O
EDA	O
(	O
electronic	O
design	O
automation	O
)	O
application	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
gEDA	B-Application
is	O
mostly	O
oriented	O
towards	O
printed	O
circuit	O
board	O
design	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
integrated	O
circuit	O
design	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gEDA	B-Application
applications	O
are	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
collectively	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
collaboration	O
of	O
free	O
software/open	O
-source	O
developers	O
who	O
work	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
maintain	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
communicate	O
via	O
gEDA	B-Application
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
annual	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
"	O
event	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
collaboration	O
is	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
"	O
gEDA	B-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
conjunction	O
of	O
"	O
GPL	B-License
"	O
and	O
"	O
EDA	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
names	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
individual	O
tools	O
in	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
are	O
prefixed	O
with	O
the	O
letter	O
"	O
g	O
"	O
to	O
emphasize	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gEDA	B-Application
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Ales	O
Hvezda	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
remedy	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
EDA	O
tools	O
for	O
Linux/UNIX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
planned	O
to	O
also	O
write	O
a	O
PCB	B-Language
layout	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
an	O
existing	O
open-source	B-Application
layout	O
program	O
,	O
"	O
PCB	B-Language
"	O
,	O
was	O
soon	O
discovered	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
target	O
netlists	O
to	O
PCB	B-Language
was	O
quickly	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
's	O
netlister	O
,	O
and	O
plans	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
layout	O
program	O
from	O
scratch	O
were	O
scrapped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
developers	O
working	O
on	O
PCB	B-Language
became	O
affiliates	O
of	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
open-source	B-Application
EDA	O
programs	O
were	O
created	O
at	O
about	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
of	O
those	O
programs	O
became	O
affiliated	O
with	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
website	O
and	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
collaborative	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
was	O
born	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
,	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
remains	O
a	O
federation	O
of	O
software	O
tools	O
developed	O
by	O
different	O
(	O
but	O
sometimes	O
overlapping	O
)	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
thread	O
which	O
holds	O
the	O
project	O
together	O
is	O
the	O
shared	O
vision	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
powerful	O
,	O
community-based	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
EDA	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pcb-rnd	B-Language
was	O
forked	O
from	O
gEDA/PCB	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lepton	O
EDA	O
was	O
forked	O
from	O
the	O
gEDA/gaf	O
suite	O
in	O
late	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loosely	O
speaking	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
"	O
refers	O
to	O
all	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
projects	O
and	O
applications	O
that	O
have	O
associated	O
themselves	O
with	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
via	O
the	O
geda-dev/geda	O
-user	O
mailing	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
,	O
gEDA/gaf	O
(	O
"	O
gaf	O
"	O
stands	O
for	O
"	O
gschem	B-Application
and	O
friends	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
smaller	O
subset	O
of	O
tools	O
grouped	O
together	O
under	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
name	O
and	O
maintained	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
project	O
's	O
founders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GEDA/gaf	O
includes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
gattrib	O
-	O
A	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
editing	O
symbol	O
attributes	O
on	O
a	O
schematic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
's	O
longstanding	O
goals	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
EDA	O
applications	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
all	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
compile	O
and	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
building	O
the	O
programs	O
from	O
source	O
,	O
binary	O
executables	O
for	O
all	O
programs	O
in	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
are	O
available	O
from	O
popular	O
package	O
archives	O
;	O
the	O
programs	O
may	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
many	O
common	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
using	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
tools	O
such	O
as	O
apt	B-Application
or	O
dnf	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
gEDA	B-Application
applications	O
will	O
also	O
compile	O
and	O
run	O
on	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
such	O
as	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
NetBSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
distributions	O
also	O
support	O
installation	O
of	O
pre-packaged	O
binaries	O
using	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
gEDA	B-Application
applications	O
also	O
install	O
and	O
run	O
successfully	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
typically	O
using	O
the	O
Fink	B-Application
package	I-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
Macports	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
few	O
commercial	O
EDA	O
tools	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
this	O
feature	O
has	O
made	O
gEDA	B-Application
a	O
popular	O
electronic	O
design	O
package	O
amongst	O
Mac	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
support	O
is	O
currently	O
not	O
a	O
primary	O
project	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
some	O
programs	O
in	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
have	O
built-in	O
hooks	O
for	O
Windows	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
programs	O
will	O
build	O
and	O
run	O
under	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
binary	O
executables	O
for	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Suite	I-Application
are	O
not	O
distributed	O
by	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
important	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
project	O
is	O
the	O
strong	O
user	O
community	O
it	O
has	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gEDA	B-Application
mailing	O
lists	O
have	O
several	O
hundred	O
subscribers	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
subscribers	O
are	O
electronics	O
experts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
mailing	O
lists	O
have	O
become	O
a	O
source	O
not	O
only	O
for	O
information	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
for	O
exchange	O
of	O
general	O
electronic	O
design	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
openness	O
,	O
schematic	O
symbols	O
,	O
footprints	O
,	O
and	O
utility	O
scripts	O
are	O
freely	O
created	O
and	O
shared	O
amongst	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
gEDA	B-Application
community	O
at	O
a	O
spin-off	O
website	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
