Here's Linus saying it in Swedish and English (sounds remarkably the same!).

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/linus/swedish.au
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/linus/english.au

matt shade
www.threekay.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul S. Butler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 11:55
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Linux & Unix oh my


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Christensen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:18 AM
> Subject: Linux & Unix oh my
>
>
> > Question here amongst us ignorant people.
> >
> > Is Linux pronounced   loooonex   as in rhythm's with Unix
> >
> > or is it  lie nex
> >
> > or ??
> >
>
> One of my Red Hat distros has a sound bite of Linus Torvalds saying how he
> pronounces "Linux". To the best of my recollection, he pronounced it as
"Lee
> Nooks", but I don't have that particular release installed any more, I
can't
> go back and check.  As others have noted, the correct pronunciation is
> subject to debate.
>
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