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Linus Benedict Torvalds  
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 More options Apr 23 1992, 8:32 am
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From: torva...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Date: 23 Apr 92 12:32:16 GMT
Local: Thurs, Apr 23 1992 8:32 am
Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Linux"?
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In article <1992Apr23.044317.3...@nuscc.nus.sg> npn...@solomon.technet.sg (Ng Pheng Siong) writes:

>I apologize if this is considered trivial, but what is the
>proper pronunciation for "Linux"?

>Li  lee or lie?
>Nux nuks or nerks? Nooks?

Oh god.  We just hashed this through on alt.os.linux.  It /definitely/
needs to go into the FAQ.

'li' is pronounced with a short [ee] sound: compare prInt, mInImal etc.
'nux' is also short, non-diphtong, like in pUt.  It's partly due to
minix: linux was just my working name for the thing, and as I wrote it
to replace minix on my system, the result is what it is...  linus' minix
became linux.

I originally intended it to be called freax (although buggix was one
contender after I got fed up with some of the more persistent bugs :)
and I think the kernel makefiles up to version 0.11 had something to
that effect ("Makefile for the freax kernel" in a comment).  But arl
called the linux directory at nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux, and the name
stuck.  Maybe just as well: freax doesn't sound too good either (freax
is obviosly free + freak + the obligatory -x).

                Linus


 
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