Yes, his name very well might be pronounced Ly-nus, and yes, great argument, but HE HIMSELF pronounces it for you in sndconfig, and it IS LIN-ux!
"Hello, my name is Lee-noos Torvahlds, and I pronounce Lee-nucks as Lee-nucks."
LIN-ux != Lee-nucks
Sorry, but wrong.
-- jamesw
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From the Linux-FAQ:
7.20 How should I pronounce Linux?
This is a matter of religious debate, of course!
If you want to hear Linus himself say how he pronounces it download english.au or swedish.au from ftp.funet.fi (in/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/SillySounds). If you have a soundcard or the PC-speaker audio driver you can hear them by typing
cat english.au >/dev/audio
The difference isn't in the pronunciation of Linux but in the language Linus uses to say hello. The English version was parodied very well by Jin Choi as "Hi, my name is Leenoos Torvahlds and I pronounce Leenooks as Leenooks."
For the benefit of those of you who don't have the equipment or inclination: Linus pronounces Linux approximately as Leenus, where the ee is as in feet but rather shorter and the u is like a much shorter version of the French eu sound in peur (pronouncing it as the u in put is probably passable).
When speaking English I pronounce it Lie-nucks (u as in bucket) --- this is an anglicised pronunciation based on the analogy with Linus' name, which in English is usually pronounced Lie-nus (u as in put). It is of course quite acceptable and common to modify the pronunciation of a proper noun when it changes languages.
I think I can safely say that the pronunciation Linnucks (short i as in pit, short u as in bucket) is wrong in English, as it is not the original Swedish pronunciation, not a sensible direct anglicisation of it, and not based on the anglicised version of Linus' name.
Here in.au, it's Lee-nucks, and definately not Lin-nucks:)
I've been using Notes at my place of employment for about 6 months now, and I must say it's one of the worst programs I have ever had the misfortune to use.
That is, when I am able to use it, due to poor setup, I am able to read my proprietarily stored email, on which access depends on the uptime of the server (about 1.5 days), and the phase of the moon. I can't go in using a decent emailer to read some of this email which periodically disappears or goes unread for months. And doing any external interfacing to the Domino server is next to impossible unless all the Domino techies know what they're doing (which is rare).
I'd much rather use a bunch of smaller apps that do the individual parts better (mailer and database client) than one large program that feigns functionality by attempting to look nice. But I guess that's just the unix coming out in me.
And it isn't really that nice to use anyway. The menus and toolbar buttons are non-intuitive (yes i realise i'm now talking about the client, but that's what you need to interface to the proprietary server, linux or not)
We're on the 25c local call atm, however the govt in their infinite wisdom want to flog off the rest of our 'public' carrier, Telstra. Even so, i'm not sure prices would drop to the 8c per minute equivalent you have to the States as we would to NZ, currently I think it's as low as 25c per minute, which is significanlty more than I pay for net access.
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Bah, VB is evil!
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"Hello, my name is Lee-noos Torvahlds, and I pronounce Lee-nucks as Lee-nucks."
LIN-ux != Lee-nucks
Sorry, but wrong.
--
jamesw
From the Linux-FAQ:
Here in .au, it's Lee-nucks, and definately not Lin-nucks :)
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jamesw
I've been using Notes at my place of employment for about 6 months now, and I must say it's one of the worst programs I have ever had the misfortune to use.
That is, when I am able to use it, due to poor setup, I am able to read my proprietarily stored email, on which access depends on the uptime of the server (about 1.5 days), and the phase of the moon. I can't go in using a decent emailer to read some of this email which periodically disappears or goes unread for months. And doing any external interfacing to the Domino server is next to impossible unless all the Domino techies know what they're doing (which is rare).
I'd much rather use a bunch of smaller apps that do the individual parts better (mailer and database client) than one large program that feigns functionality by attempting to look nice. But I guess that's just the unix coming out in me.
And it isn't really that nice to use anyway. The menus and toolbar buttons are non-intuitive (yes i realise i'm now talking about the client, but that's what you need to interface to the proprietary server, linux or not)
jamesw
We're on the 25c local call atm, however the govt in their infinite wisdom want to flog off the rest of our 'public' carrier, Telstra. Even so, i'm not sure prices would drop to the 8c per minute equivalent you have to the States as we would to NZ, currently I think it's as low as 25c per minute, which is significanlty more than I pay for net access.
MCI recently bought Ozemail, there's also optus, and connect.com.au who are the major backbones down here.
Two words:
proxy servers.
A couple more words:
satellite link to the US
Yes, well I'm sure the 5 or so people reviewing all incoming film, tv and radio want to add more to their already full plates.