how is it pronounced!?!

[pingwing]

Its not, you just read it in your mind as what ever you want.....

 

[MT-]

It's Lin-ux not Line-ux because it's named after Linus Torvaldes (Pronounced Lin-us). The recording is here.

Canonical source for that is Linus's little website, www.kernel.org

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au

Thats an 8-bit mu-law file, aplay will handle it just fine.

 

[MT-]

fedora fed-or-a
debian deb ee anne
linux lie-nooks (Don't like how Americans pronounce it).
suse - soose

Like you pronounce it. His name might be Lin-us, but I pronounce it lie nux as well.

 

[Simian]

What about Ubuntu?

Yoo - bun - too?

Thats how I say it!!!...

and I say Lin-Ux not Line-Ux

 

[thegoonden]

Just call it Unix or minix?

or (notwin/notdos)

 

[Cew27]

*nix avoids all confusion