Sunday, March 28, 2010

How to Pronounce Linux

I am a huge Linux fan and so you are, I hope. There are a variety of Linux distributions and you can find more information about them at http://distrowatch.com/. In the IT field, you always come across with many weird, peculiar, special names with different pronunciations and meanings. "Linux" is the typical example. My lecturers pronounce it as "Lee-Naks". Some of my friends pronounce it as "Line-Nuks" or "Line-Naks". Most of the time, I hear computer scientists and software engineers read it as "Lee-Nix" and they are kind of associating Linux with its ancestor, Unix. This has always puzzled me. So I did a quick search on youtube to look for the proper pronunciation and I striked the following video. In the video, you will learn how Linus Torvald, the father of Linux pronounces "Linux".


Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEsoKiZTvk */

5 comments:

  1. LOL, really donno about this.. :)
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  2. shit. he confuse me more.

    if his name still "lee-ness". then i think the correct one should be "lee-naks".

    don't you think? :P
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  3. I heard "Lee-Nix is always Lee-Nix". As for his name, "Linus", he doesn't really care what people call. After all, Linux = Linus's Unix.
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  4. like dat oso wana discuss? hmm..

    btw.. our Youths Online has 103 subscribers!!
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  5. Haha, it's interesting for us.

    Cool. Sorry for not contributing anything...
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