Re: LINUX BUDDIES NEEDED

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From: Carl Fink
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:00

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On Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:50:31 -0400, Michael Girone 
<mgirone@gladsheim.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>	Is Linux pronounced "Lin-ix" (with a short "i" like in "bin"),


The "official" pronunciation of "Linux" is apparently LEE-nux, rhyming
with the Finnish pronunciation of "Linux", the name of its creator.

Most people in the United States seem to say "Lin-ux", rhyming
approximately with "thin bucks".
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From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: LINUX BUDDIES NEEDED
Date: 1997/07/17
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