SUMware
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join:2002-05-21 | Can you say Linux?
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, explains how the word should be pronounced.
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nixen
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Alexandria, VA | Which is in contrast to the audio clip from a decade plus ago where he says, "It's pronounced 'lee-nooks'".
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SUMware
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| said by nixen  :Which is in contrast to the audio clip from a decade plus ago where he says, "It's pronounced 'lee-nooks'". Well, evidently it took him longer to nail the correct pronunciation...  |
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nixen
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| said by SUMware :said by nixen :Which is in contrast to the audio clip from a decade plus ago where he says, "It's pronounced 'lee-nooks'". Well, evidently it took him longer to nail the correct pronunciation... More than likely, he gave up on it and decided "consistently wrong is better than one sales guy saying 'lie-nux', another saying 'lee-nooks', and another saying 'lynn-ux'," particularly when you're trying to unite a community and SELL something.
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SUMware
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join:2002-05-21 | Let's ask him how he pronounces 'SuSE'! |
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deblin
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Middletown, DE | reply to SUMware
Well "lihh-nucks" is still better than "line-ucks" (ick).
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Leon_UK
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I dont think i will get use to the "current" pronounciation
wrong or right I will have to stick to "lynn-ux" |
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Fin
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December 4th, @06:33PM
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Good... I've always pronounced it like that (Leenoocks)  |
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rolfp
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I thought this was in the kernel source but I don't remember how I first saw it.
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drjim
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clubs: | First time I heard it was when I was running Red Hat 4.x. It was the audio test file!
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said by Leon_UK :I dont think i will get use to the "current" pronounciation wrong or right I will have to stick to "lynn-ux" I think that's what he said.
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