There’s Only One Way to Pronounce Linux [Video]

By Daniel Miessler on January 30th, 2009: Tagged as Language | Linux

In the IT world it’s easy to find debates about how to pronounce things, and one of the more famous of these over the years has been the pronunciation of Linux. The basic mistake people make is going with the hyper-liberal view that there are many correct ways to say everything, and that neither is more correct or more wrong than another.

Bullocks.

When an authority for a particular product or movement explicitly states how that thing is pronounced, that pronunciation does in fact become the correct one.

And what does Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, say about how to pronounce the operating system he created?

That’s about as clear as it gets. ::

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Comments

TheNextGeek

Wheres the rest of the video? *usually*, like cheap media, "people disect" it to only show the PART of what is being said, and the STOP. Trying to make it a POINT.

Can you please upload the entire interview? THAT would be true media. Thanks.

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