josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down136
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months ago“Linus” comes from Greek and means “flax.” Originally pronounced something like “lee-noose.” “Linux” is a combination of Linus’ name (the creator of Linux) and “Unix.”
“Linus” comes from Greek and means “flax.” Originally pronounced something like “lee-noose.” “Linux” is a combination of Linus’ name (the creator of Linux) and “Unix.”