It's officialy LIN-UCKS now.

[Sirin]

Linux pronounciation v2 (via Google Video) (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1061159908534146317&q=Linus+Torvalds)

"I don't care how people pronounce my name, but Linux is always LIN-UCKS" - Linus Torvalds in video

No more "LEE-Nicks". :)

[Bandit]

Linux pronounciation v2 (via Google Video) (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1061159908534146317&q=Linus+Torvalds)

"I don't care how people pronounce my name, but Linux is always LIN-UCKS" - Linus Torvalds in video

No more "LEE-Nicks". :)
From da man him self..

[Virogenesis]

If you get the chance to watch the whole of Revolution OS do so its extremely interesting and btw Sirin that avater is evil damn it...... gonna give me nightmares soon.

[GreyFox503]

Maybe it's just me, but I've never heard anyone call it Lee-nucks.

[briancurtin]

i have never in my life heard it called "lee-nucks"

[NeoChaosX]

It's always been Lin-ucks. Sirin, where did you get this idea that it was any other way?

[Jucato]

Actually, I've heard people pronounce it as "lee-nooks", and some as "lie-nucks" or "lie-nooks". :D

[Danni]

I've always pronounced it Lin-ux (my ux and ucks are slightly different).

I've heard a lot of Lie-nucks in the past. Glad that I got it right :)

[Teroedni]

Great
Thats the way i use to Pronoce it:)

[dermotti]

I pronouce it "Lin-icks", just like Unix "You - nicks"

Lin-Nucks sounds stupid imho

[Jucato]

I pronouce it "Lin-icks", just like Unix "You - nicks"

Lin-Nucks sounds stupid imho

Well, maybe not really stupid, when you consider the fact that Linus' name, as he himself admits, is pronounced as Li-nus or Lie-nus (not Li-nis). Maybe some people just presumed since he's the father of Linux and that's how his name is pronounced, then probably that's how Linux is pronounced. :D

[papangul]

I have never been confident about my pronounciation of linux and used to have an embarassing feeling thinking that I might be wrong . Problem solved. :-D

[Kimm]

I confess, when I speak swedish its normaly lee-nucks but when I speak english its Lin-ucks all the way :-P

In swedish the logical pronunciation is lee-nucks so that pretty much explains that.

[Kernel Sanders]

I pronounce it:

LIE-NUX

:confused:

[mcduck]

Never been a problem for me. Linus is Finn, I'm a Finn, so I pronounce it like it's finnish. So does Linus, altough I can clearly hear that he speaks much english and actually his pronouncing is somewhere between finnish and english. I'd like to hear him say Linux when he's speakin finnish.

Then again, I have real troubles trying to figure how you would pronounce it. Or how I could write in english how I pronounce Linux.. :-k

edit: Might be something like lenucs, with the weight on the L, not the e. I've heard that finnish is pronounced bit like latin, if that helps anything.. Anyway, the e (i) is short, even bit shorter than in Linus.

[dermotti]

In that video it sounds like Linix (like the word linen and unix combined) not Linux (linen and ducks combined)

[Jucato]

well, it's kinda hard to distinguish between the short "i" and short "u" vowel sounds, especially when saying it fast. But I guess it would be more proper to say "li - nuhx" rather than "li - nix". But I'm not a linguist :D

[fuscia]

language, including its pronunciation, is determined by usage. i heard some audio clip in which torvalds introduced himself and then said that linux was pronounced 'LEE-nucks'. now, he's saying it's 'LIN (as in trash bin)-nucks'. obviously, he's caving to the pressure of usage. so, if you have a prefered pronunciation for linux, just keep using it until it is eventually determined to be correct to do so.

[dermotti]

True.....like most people pronounce Windows -> Win-dohz

I pronouce it Win - Sucks

[ComplexNumber]

i've always pronounced it as LIE-NUCKS.

[Kernel Sanders]

He pronounces it right...... :mrgreen: (http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54)

[Iandefor]

It's always been Lin-ucks. Sirin, where did you get this idea that it was any other way? There's an audio file floating around on the internet with Linus introducing himself, and then clarifying that he pronounces it "LEE-nucks". Which may or may not have had something to do with it :).
Anyways, I hear it pronounced in a variety of ways- usually lin-ucks, although I pronounce it according to my whimsy- LEEnucks sometimes, Linucks other times :-D.

[Gadren]

Revolution OS is a pretty good documentary, although I find it funny how Torvalds pronounces it like "Lihn-ihx", and then a couple other people in the documentary are more like "Lihn-uhhhhx".:p

[Master Shake]

Funny... I always pronounced it "Screw You Gates!"

[Brunellus]

I have only recently stopped pronouncing it "LYE-nuss" as in the kid on Peanuts who had a security blanket.

[Seandq]

Teacher always corrects me and said her husband used to work with LIE-nucks at work. I always pronounced it lee-nucks.

[Sirin]

It's always been Lin-ucks. Sirin, where did you get this idea that it was any other way?

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/ ;)

[Paulus]

The LIN-ICKS way sounds kinda geekey anyway imo. /welcomes the (new?) way with open arms and an open mouth!

[christhemonkey]

i have always pronounced it line-ux as in linux! Just because that is how it looks to me, then again i have always said scone as in "its gone".

[Malphas]

I didn't realise there was still any uncertainty about how to pronounce Linux.

[Minyaliel]

I confess, when I speak swedish its normaly lee-nucks but when I speak english its Lin-ucks all the way :-P

In swedish the logical pronunciation is lee-nucks so that pretty much explains that.

Me too... when I talk Norwegian or German, I'd say lee- nucks, but in English... I've never been sure. I've been switching between leenucks and lienucks mostly without noticing it myself :P

[Bandit]

Actually, I've heard people pronounce it as "lee-nooks", and some as "lie-nucks" or "lie-nooks". :D
The person who tought me most about what I know about linux used to scooled me when I pronouced it "lin ucks". He would sware it was pronounced "Lie nucks."
Now if I only new were he was at now I would go correc him. :-k

[mostwanted]

Never been a problem for me. Linus is Finn, I'm a Finn, so I pronounce it like it's finnish. So does Linus, altough I can clearly hear that he speaks much english and actually his pronouncing is somewhere between finnish and english. I'd like to hear him say Linux when he's speakin finnish.

Linus is part of the Swedish speaking minority, dude :)

[BWF89]

I'm still going to pronounce it "Lin-x".

[mcduck]

Linus is part of the Swedish speaking minority, dude :)
Yes, I know. But swedish speaking finns pronounce swedish much like if it was finnish. At least everybody that I know, and people from my fathers side are all swedish speaking..

It's so different that I often have hard time understanding what people speak in Sweden. Even when I have studied it 6 years in school.

[C_deck]

back in the early 1990's, i heard about this 20 year old kid who re-wrote the unix kernel. i downloaded it from his site. now on his site he had a link to an english audio file where he introduced himself and pronounced his software as lee-nix.

lol, now after 15 years i have to change?? i'm too old to change.

[Klejs]

There is some well placed words from the guru there...;)

[Dark Nations]

I've always pronounced it as "Lin-ucks", although my friends prefer "Line-icks".

[ice60]

i agree, Revolution OS is a very good film, and easy to find too :D infact, i think it's really, really good :mrgreen:

are there any other good films similar to Revolution OS? i've pirates of silicon valley and the 2600 film about K. Mitnick, what else is there? maybe i should start a thread, maybe i'll do a search.

[BWF89]

i've pirates of silicon valley and the 2600 film about K. Mitnick, what else is there? maybe i should start a thread, maybe i'll do a search.
Theres a book called Revolution in the Valley: The Incredibally Good Story of how the Mac was Made. It's a really good book with lots of pictures.

[ice60]

It's a really good book with lots of pictures.
hmm, how did you know i like picture books :D i'll have a look for it, thanks.

[Jucato]

i agree, Revolution OS is a very good film, and easy to find too :D infact, i think it's really, really good :mrgreen:

are there any other good films similar to Revolution OS? i've pirates of silicon valley and the 2600 film about K. Mitnick, what else is there? maybe i should start a thread, maybe i'll do a search.

Getting off-topic, but can't resist the urge to ask...
Does the film Pirates of Silicon Valley portray Bill Gates' character correctly. And no, I'm not talking about M$ bashing :D. Just curious.

[mstlyevil]

Getting off-topic, but can't resist the urge to ask...
Does the film Pirates of Silicon Valley portray Bill Gates' character correctly. And no, I'm not talking about M$ bashing :D. Just curious.

It's a movie, I am sure they used a little creative license in creating the charecters.

Now back on topic.

[Jucato]

Getting back on topic: (just a bit, though) :D
Considering that some people only realized now how to pronounce Linux "the Linus way", I wonder how many know how to correctly pronounce Ubuntu.
For example, in one episode of Veronica Mars, if I remember correctly, one of the characters said "uh-buhn-too". (Weee! we make a guest "appearance" in a TV show)

[Ripfox]

He said "you-bun-too" what a slaughter...lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzebPb60ffQ

[LightB]

I've heard people call Linux - Lie-nucks

[jgrabham]

Maybe it's just me, but I've never heard anyone call it Lee-nucks.

I do, but I can pronounce Swedish words properly!

[Enverex]

i've always pronounced it as LIE-NUCKS.

Same here :/

[Ebuntor]

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/ ;)

Errr, this is getting a little confusing. In that audio clip it sound more like "Lie-nux" maybe even a little like "Lie-noeks" yet in the OP he pronounces it as "Lin-ux" or "Lin-uhks".

This is just like Mark Shuttleworth pronouncing Ubuntu as "uh-Bun-tu" and Nelson Mandela as "oo-Boon-too" (which is the correct way I believe).

I don't get it. :confused:

[jgrabham]

Errr, this is getting a little confusing. In that audio clip it sound more like "Lie-nux" maybe even a little like "Lie-noeks" yet in the OP he pronounces it as "Lin-ux" or "Lin-uhks".

This is just like Mark Shuttleworth pronouncing Ubuntu as "uh-Bun-tu" and Nelson Mandela as "oo-Boon-too" (which is the correct way I believe).

I don't get it. :confused:

Sounds like lee-nucks to me, might just be his accent.

[Ebuntor]

Sounds like lee-nucks to me, might just be his accent.

Yeah you're right. It's his accent in that clip and the fact my headset is of poor quality. It's clearly "lee-nucks".

EDIT: crap, now I think it's "Li-nux" in the google video and "LE-nux" in the audio clip. "Li" ("i" pronounced as "i" in Windows) and Lee ("ee" pronounced as the capital E).

[Pobega]

I have only recently stopped pronouncing it "LYE-nuss" as in the kid on Peanuts who had a security blanket.

I forgot where I read this, but I remember reading Linus Torvalds' parents named him after Linus from Peanuts.

[Ripfox]

I'm pretty sure it'e lee-nux...always has been here...

[Bladerunner71]

I'll just refer to is as "that operating system with the cute little penguin mascot". I've heard it about ever way imaginable. I think it just depends on where you're from. Is it VI-STAH or VEE-STAH, or is it pronounced OVER PRICED, OVER-RATED JUNK.

I use OO-BUN-TOO, err, wait OO-BOON-TOO, ah what the heck, I use the operating system that uses the cute little penguin.

Phew, I just won't talk any more;)