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there was an article on here and slashdot a few months back about this, aparently Linus Torvalds pronounces it linix (two short i sounds) so the majority of us are right :D

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there was an article on here and slashdot a few months back about this, aparently Linus Torvalds pronounces it linix (two short i sounds) so the majority of us are right :D

Linus actually pronounces it all the different 'mainstream' ways now. Originally, since his name is pronounced "LEE-nus" in Finnish, he had a sound file that showed he pronounces it "LEE-nooks".

However, I say "LIN-uks" (though, I used to say "LIE-nicks" before I heard the audio file, or talked to other Linux users) :blush:

EDIT: Straight from the man.... http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/english.au

EDIT #2: The FAQ site I linked to says Linus speaks Swedish. And, according to Finland's official tourist information site, "The official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish, the latter spoken as a mother tongue by about 6% of the people.", so I guess not everyone in Finland uses Finnish as their primary language. :unsure:

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