Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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linux or linux?

is it linux like Linus or linux like linear?

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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ok, the creator of linux pronounces it here:
http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/sounds/english.au - english <A HREF="http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/sounds/swedish.au"" TARGET=_blank>http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/sounds/swedish.au"</A> - swedish

he doesnt pronounce it lie-nux or lynn-ux, he pronounces it lee-nux.

i assumed since his name was Linus it was pronounced lie-nux like his name, but the wierd thing is he prounounces his name lee-nus too. damned foreigners.

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That's what I thought.

HTML is turned off, foo.

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&lt;a href="http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/sounds/english.au" target=_blank&gt;english&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/sounds/swedish.au" target=_blank&gt;swedish&lt;/a&gt;

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quote:

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Originally posted by Goatboy:
[B]That's what I thought.

HTML is turned off, foo.
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I first heard about linux prolly around five years ago and I thought it was pronounced lie-nux, then later that day learned it was lee-nux and ever since I have had to think about pronoucing it the right way when I say the word, that sucks. Books should really have to always use it in a sentence like "(lee-nux) linux" for any first use in an article, so people who never heard of it arent fucked up by pronouncing the word.

now run, tell the people!

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Most definitely lee-nux, even though I'm from the south.

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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Hoboken, NJ: USA
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lee-nuxx.

anyone here ever use sndconfig to get sound working in linux?

thats the test-sound.

"I am Lee-Nuss Torvalds, and I pronounce Lee-Nuxx Lee-Nuxx."

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