How to pronounce Linux?

Linux creator, Linus Torvald addresses this question.

[@daviyen]

I guess the GNU is silent.

[@balintb2748]

best comment :D

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

Yes! And it should always be silent

[@leinadnolor]

😭@@cosmicusstardust3300

[@hwstar9416]

he's talking about the kernel in this video

[@genstian]

I remember in Gentoo, you could actually make it run BSD/Linux - and it seemingly only broke binary packages. libc instead of glibc, you could use llvm instead of gcc and so on, GNU tools is fairly easy to replace,

[@cessposter]

People coming for therapy after the Mr.Whostheboss video on that Ubuntu phone

[@moneymoney122]

😖 i can never unhear it

[@vaishnavimovva5048]

Are you spying on me

[@64Rosso]

Around 20 years or so there was an audio file with the voice of Linus Torvalds itself saying this phrase: "I'm Linus Torvalds and I pronounce Linux as "Linux" "
In that audio file the name Linus and the word Linux sounded exactly the same, except for the final "x"....
20 years later Linus must have give up the idea of making english-speaker able to reproduce the original sound, and surrendered to the Dark Side.... :-)

[@fishyc43sar]

The file is still there available online. I got it from MediaWiki/Wikipedia iirc.

[@jamesmidlifecrisis]

I remember this file going around IRC thank you for proving I'm not crazy

[@gustavstreicher4867]

Yip, it sounded more like "Lee-nuux". At least it didn't sound like "Ly-nux".

[@64Rosso]

@@gustavstreicher4867 vowels sound exactly the same in Italian as in Finnish language, so for us was extremeley easy to understand and reproduce the sound :-)

[@jemiller2000]

I 100% agree. He pronounced Linux as he would his name in Finnish. I suspect that as his English accent shifted to a much more American accent, and coupled with the generally accepted market pronunciation, he either relented consciously or his pronunciation just shifted as his English accent shifted. I pronounced Linux as Lee-nucks for years following that original WAV file but have accepted that it is now Lin (as in pin) -ucks since its creator now pronounces it that way.

[@_denzy_6310]

My prof said it's "line ax" 💀

[@SoDamnMetal]

Your prof is overpaid

[@lucidwavez6346]

Ew

[@valentinion8420]

After watching Mr. Whosetheboss video about Ubuntu/Linux phones I just wanted to hear from the creator of OS, the actual pronunciation...... music to my ears.

[@Leonidesu]

Had an opportunity to show the rtx 4090 ti clip there 😂

[@adrycough]

my grandfather calls it lie-nuhks

[@bobbytaraantino]

my teacher pronounced linox

[@VacumOvale]

This video (screen recording of youtube video inside youtube) is perfect example how typical linux op system works.

[@legeorgelewis3530]

you dont use linux do you?

[@VacumOvale]

@@legeorgelewis3530 yeah. For example to use whatsapp call function, I need virtual machine of windows, where I can install Whatsapp and use it there. Computer inside computer..

[@KaiusKC]

Lol you could use YT-DLP and FFMPEG to make this video in the command line, you could even do it with 1 single command or script

[@n0deguy]

@@KaiusKC exactly what i wanted to say :D

[@ponnamy]

Now I know!

[@afbanjagjafdbxcvbrtjwsasdg2825]

lih-nooks, like a nook in the wall.

[@smallbluemachine]

Linex it is then.

[@ar_xiv]

I say it correctly but I miss when I didn’t know and said “lie-nux” it felt more mysterious back then

[@KiddyLovely93]

Why my boss said: Lai Nớt ....ố mài gớt = ))

[@beegman27]

this comment section need a serious IPA phonetic makeover

[@russianvoodoo]

lee-nooks in Russia

[@HomelessFooser]

guhnew lienoox

[@nephronpie8961]

eprbh: guhnew v lienoox?

[@cessposter]

@@nephronpie8961 oie doente haeve ayeney oideya whote yaou joste sayide

[@TotalImmort7l]

@@nephronpie8961 ganooo slash linuksss

[@fishyc43sar]

@@TotalImmort7l *laiyenachks

[@yesh420]

@@cessposter seim lol

[@steveoc64]

2024
I pronounce “Leenucks” as “Amazon Microsoft Google”

[@jenniferw8963]

He changed it! He used to say LEE-NUX .. blah. Now LIN-UX

[@NoNameAtAll2]

he used to say leenux and now it's linoox

[@bitbyte8177]

I used to call LieNex

[@izazali9988]

ghnu leenux

[@dj-no]

translate to english

[@int16_t]

Is no one gonna care about how he pronounce , "Turvalds"?

[@FS-me8mj]

linix

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

So it's Liniks?

[@darko_n6819]

Noo lol.

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

What then 😭

[@An.Individual]

first video is a fake. not sure about the 2nd ?

[@calloo7843]

how do you know?

[@fishyc43sar]

How do you know? Any proof?

[@fishyc43sar]

Without proof, I'll assume you're that kind of people who believe in conspiracy theories.

[@amandeep_89]

@@fishyc43sar +1