josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-square130fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down135
arrow-up1124arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 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.”