How Do You Pronounce "Linux"?

[Bg260]

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.

 

[Clementine_3]

I pronounce it as GIF

 

[Deleted User]

I thought Mr Torvalds name was pronounced 'Leenus', but I could be wrong.

 

[psionandy]

Lin -ux

I pronounce it as GIF

Throatwarbler Mangrove....

 

[Bg260]

I thought Mr Torvalds name was pronounced 'Leenus', but I could be wrong.

The first link has a video of Linus (ly-nus) pronouncing it himself. He is also speaking English which is not his native tongue.

I pronounce it as GIF

Spoiler: language

 

[Deleted User]

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[Bg260]

Thank you @Clementine_3 . I've been waiting for the right time for that.

 

[Clementine_3]

Well worth the wait because it's hysterical.

 

[lunatic59]

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).

 

[Bg260]

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).

Am I the only one that has been pronouncing it with the long "I"?
Was Lucy Van Pelt's brother named Linnus?

 

[Deleted User]

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).

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

 

[lunatic59]

Ahhh, the good old days.

 

[Bg260]

Where's the rest of it? Missing about 10 years.

 

[kate]

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?

"Lynn - icks"

I've also heard some pronounce it "Lynn - aux" (as in auxiliary).

Where's the rest of it? Missing about 10 years.

Here is a current chart:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

 

[Revenant Ghost]

"Lennox"

 

[AZgl1500]

Everyone that has been around the areas where I work, have always pronounced it "Lynn - icks" or "Len" - "icks" just to make it clear...

to me, it was just an upgrade of the word "Unix" with "Lin" in front of it... and with that, I never gave it another thought.

 

[Bg260]

This is a shock to me. Lie-nucks. That's how I've always said it.

 

[Dannydet]

I say it "Linux" ....

 

[AZgl1500]

yup, oh well, "in my brain", my tang tungle on it is the only one that matters

 

[lunatic59]

Anyone ever considered "lie-nukes"?

 

[Clementine_3]

Isn't that how you say Trump?
(go ahead, delete it 'cause it's political, I just had to do it )

 

[psionandy]

Isn't it pronounced FreeBSD?

 

[Bg260]

Ubuntu?

 

[lunatic59]

Isn't it pronounced FreeBSD?

Ubuntu?

[freh-buzzed]? [Oooh-boon-tuh?]

 

[iowabowtech]

"Lynn - icks"

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