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So the wife and I had a roundy-round the other night about how you pronounce Linux.

I have always called it (Lie-Nux) which she says.. if you say that in public, you will sound like you dont know what you are talking about..

Her version is (Leh-Nix)

I dont really care about which of us is correct.. just trying to not call it by the wrong name..

So.. community.. how do *you* say Linux?

There is only one way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0

xenopeek wrote:There is only one way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0

Score one for the wife it seems..

There's an older audio-only clip accessible [url=http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/]here[/url] (or as a direct download of a .wav file [url=http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/torvalds-says-linux.wav]here[/url]). The pronunciation is slightly different in that one -- but Linus's accent (speaking English) is also much more pronounced.

Yep it is pronounced like this: Len X

I have always pronounced (and will continue to pronounce) it "Linix"

It's pronounced "Linux". Sorry, couldn't resist it.

It's a short "i" and rhymes with sin, bin, din, etc. Why anyone would say "Lie-nux" is a mystery.

Read on my lips: linux

No. You are all wrong. It's pronounced "Not Windows" geddit?

iironjade wrote:It's pronounced "Linux". Sorry, couldn't resist it.

It's a short "i" and rhymes with sin, bin, din, etc. Why anyone would say "Lie-nux" is a mystery.

I think that roots in Linus which I think *is* pronounced with the long "i" as in "like"

I think we can all agree on the 2nd part....the X....it's just really a question of the first part...is it pronounced Lin x or Len x????
I hear it pronounced mostly in those two ways...

SC23 wrote:

iironjade wrote:It's pronounced "Linux". Sorry, couldn't resist it.

It's a short "i" and rhymes with sin, bin, din, etc. Why anyone would say "Lie-nux" is a mystery.

I think that roots in Linus which I think *is* pronounced with the long "i" as in "like"

Linus T. himself pronounces it Linux not Lienux, which is good enough for me.

In that case it would be pronounced lin x
like the way you would say LINseed oil...
or the female name: lynn

Lee-nooks.

Normally after I've installed an updated version and tweaked it to my liking I normally pronounce it

" oh-yes-I-like-that"

The origin some from, unix, minix, and all other *nix or postix type operating systems.

The standard accepted way to pronouce the word phonetically,
Lihn-Ex

Others say:
Line-Ex

Please accept they are both correct, there is a more popular way (Lihn-Ex), and a way which immitates the accept of Linus Travoids pronouces it (Line-Ex).

Think of some other words, we have GIF, which the creator says should be prounced like JIF, but everyone prounces like gift. We also have the example of Jalapeno, Do you pronouce the word using it spanish prounciation, or do to pronouce it like an american word. I bet you pronouce it with a J sounding like an H, but the rest of the word with english vowel sounds.

A more interesting question: How would [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapp_Brannigan]Zapp Brannigan[/url] pronounce "Linux?"

srs5694 wrote:A more interesting question: How would [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapp_Brannigan]Zapp Brannigan[/url] pronounce "Linux?"

In that case, do your best Phill Hartman impersonation from News Radio.

grimdestripador wrote:The origin some from, unix, minix, and all other *nix or postix type operating systems.

The standard accepted way to pronouce the word phonetically,
Lihn-Ex

Others say:
Line-Ex

Please accept they are both correct, there is a more popular way (Lihn-Ex), and a way which immitates the accept of Linus Travoids pronouces it (Line-Ex).

Think of some other words, we have GIF, which the creator says should be prounced like JIF, but everyone prounces like gift. We also have the example of Jalapeno, Do you pronouce the word using it spanish prounciation, or do to pronouce it like an american word. I bet you pronouce it with a J sounding like an H, but the rest of the word with english vowel sounds.

Why would "ux" ever be pronounced "ex"?

iironjade wrote: Why would "ux" ever be pronounced "ex"?

Since people started spelling it Unix. Since Linux is based off unix, we tend to prounce it similear. I wrote Ex since it makes a phonetic sound matching better than Uhhhhx. Again, remeber the abbreviation is *nix.