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How Do You Pronounce "Linux"?

How Do You Pronounce "Linux"

  • "Ly-nux"

    Votes: 2 6.3%
  • "Ly-nix"

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • "Lin-nix"

    Votes: 9 28.1%
  • "Lin-nux"

    Votes: 20 62.5%
  • Non-of-the-above

    Votes: 2 6.3%
  • None-of-the-above

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • lur-mackes

    Votes: 1 3.1%

  • Total voters
    32
Apr 30, 2016
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Lincoln
I never questioned it before. I heard someone pronounce it differently the other day and got me wondering.
It is a topic that seems to be debatable.

https://danielmiessler.com/blog/how-pronounce-linux/

http://suseroot.com/about-suse-linux/how-do-you-pronounce-linux.php

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/linux

From the second link:
So two popular "Americanized" pronunciations for "Linux" have developed. One group (this zealot, for example) claims that proper English would dictate that it be pronounced as "Line-uks" (or "Line-iks", which are similar enough for me not to differentiate between them), with the first part rhyming with "pine".

The second popular "Americanized" Linux pronunciation is "Linniks" (or "Linn-uks", again similar enough that I group them together) rhyming with "cynics" (thanks to this guy for that analogy). This version "rolls off the tongue" for me and sounds "right". I think the first time I saw the word "Linux" without thinking about it I assumed it was pronounced this way and it stuck.




Being an English speaker I rhymed it with the creators name "Linus". Apparently I was wrong.
 
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Wait a minute ... Is that "Ly" as in Lynn or "Ly" as in Lysle? Is that "Lin" and in Line or "Lin" as in Linear?

Life is so much simpler with Unix. (You nicks). :p

U reckon? :D
Would that be good old vanilla SysV from Bell Labs, or BSD from Berkley?
And then Sun joined the party.

unix_versions.jpg
 
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