How do you pronounce Linux?
LIN-uks/ˈlɪnəks/
Commonly said as: "LYE-nucks", "LEEN-ooks"
linn ucks
Linux
What it is
Linux is the open-source operating system kernel released by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
Why it gets said wrong
Torvalds recorded a clip settling it: LIN-uks, with a short i, not "lie". His own name is LEE-nus in Finnish, and the English habit of saying LYE-nus dragged the kernel along with it.
Hear it in a sentence
The servers run Linux.
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