josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down134
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago Linux is just Linus with an x at the end and should be pronounced as such. Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
minus-squarezero_gravitaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): “Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.” Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Agreed. The Swedish/Finnish pronunciation of Linus is “Lee-nus” and not “Lai-nus”, hence the correct pronunciation of Linux is “Lee-nux”.
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
“Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce ‘Linux’ as ‘Linux’.”
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
QED