Pronouncing Linux

[btiffin]

Trivial, but it's from the man himself so...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1061159908534146317

Cheers

[A.J]

cool vid

[andrew.]

That's so weird. We've all been saying it wrong.

[Unforgiven]

andrew. @ Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:53 pm wrote:

That's so weird. We've all been saying it wrong.

Just curious, how do you pronounce it?

[jbking]

I'm aware of 2 pronunciations of Linux:

Lin-ux : This sounds a lot like the name Linus, except for the x sound at the end instead of an s.

Li-nux: This starts out like "Lie" and ends sounding like "knocks"

Just wanted to share what I've heard.

[A.J]

jbking wrote:

I'm aware of 2 pronunciations of Linux

Lin-ux This sounds a lot like the name Linus, except for the x sound at the end instead of an s.

Li-nux This starts out like "Lie" and ends sounding like "knocks"

Just wanted to share what I've heard.

that's weird...the only way i heard it being pronounced is like "Lin" and then "ex"

[Aziz]

Yes that's right. Lin-ux. ux as in Tux! Lin as in Win! WINTUX => LINUX

[Unforgiven]

jbking @ Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:36 pm wrote:

Li-nux: This starts out like "Lie" and ends sounding like "knocks"

Yeah, I think when I started out on Linux I called it that once, and a friend threatened to slap me.

[Aziz]

I would too.

[Unforgiven]

Aziz @ Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:40 pm wrote:

I would too.

It was well earned, but in my defense, I had only heard of it for the first time a few days prior. I didn't know.

[andrew.]

I pronounce it as Linnicks.

[Aziz]

Yeah, thats actually how I usually say it. No "u" sound. It's just smoother.

[gianni]

Still Lie-Nucks in my books

[md]

gianni @ 2008-12-08, 6:09 pm wrote:

Still Lie-Nucks in my books

Then your books are wrong and it's time for a book burning party!

I actually rather hate it when people butcher pronunciations, especially for common words that it would take a moron to fuck up.

[gianni]

md @ Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:18 pm wrote:

gianni @ 2008-12-08, 6:09 pm wrote:

Still Lie-Nucks in my books

Then your books are wrong and it's time for a book burning party!

I actually rather hate it when people butcher pronunciations, especially for common words that it would take a moron to fuck up.

When I first began booting linux, perhaps 9 years ago, the people I learned from referred to it that way, and it has stuck ever since. More often than not I refer to it as simply nix or nux.