Is it Lie-nux, or Lin-ux

CragStar · 03-09-2001, 06:20 PM

How do you pronounce Linux. Apparently this is a matter or religious debate, but to hear it from the Grandmaster goto:

ftp.funet.fi/pub/linux/PEOPLE/Linus/SillySounds/english.au

Tell me if you can hear what he is sying, because I am not sure but it sounds like Lie-nux?

jeremy · 03-09-2001, 07:52 PM

It's LIH-nucks. You can here Linus saying it here - http://www.ssc.com/lj/linuxsay.html

badarzaman · 03-11-2001, 10:36 AM

i dont really know how it is pronounced but i pronounce it
as li-nux.

Jasper33 · 03-12-2001, 07:46 AM

ok i have partition magic 6 now how do i go about splitting drive to run both win98 and mandrake? or is this a dumb question and not possible

nedo · 03-23-2001, 09:34 AM

polish version is
lee-noo-sheck

( that's an euphemism- most people jus say LIH -nux and ones, who don't speak english say lee-noox

CragStar · 03-26-2001, 05:52 AM

Sorry for asking, but whats a euphemism?

nedo · 03-29-2001, 07:45 AM

whoops!
sorry - i was just trying to make english sound more like my language

( but I thought that this word is actually in use )
by euphemism I mean making something sound softer, minor (?)
like euphemism of 'cat' is 'kitty'.

CragStar · 03-29-2001, 04:20 PM

I wouldn't worry about it, I speak english as my ONLY language and it sounds terrible!

I see what you mean by the definition, thanks a lot.

I must say that I am very impressed by the number of users of the forums who type in english yet it is not there first language.