On Monday 04 August 2003 02:26 pm, you wrote: > hi, > > how we pronouce Linux > > 1. Lee-nux > 2. Li-nux > 3. Lui-nux > 4. any other
okay, first let's get the *facts* right. the name Linux, is derived from the name of its creator, Linus Trovalds. So the next question: how do we pronounce the name, Linus. that's really simple. Linus, in the classic style of unix and C terms, is the indian name, Sunil in reverse. Apparantly, according to uncofirmed reports, Sunil Trovalds' ancestors, after having learnt UnixTantra in ancient India through severe yoga practises, left to share its secrets to other, barbaric worlds, where goddess sarasvati, the goddess of knowledge, was kept locked and jailed in the Lanka of Patenting & KopyRIte. All of this was revealed to the Trvolads elders in a dream sequence. Sunil grew up to be an ordinary, conservative boy, and at the appropriate time, changes his name from Sunil to Linus, and ushered forth into the world a 'beej mantra' called a 'kernel' in the Unix world. This beej mantra is correctly pronounced as Sunil but said in reverse. Hence Leenus. Uttering it in the right tone, right bhaav, and right frame-of-mind, apparantly unleashes a powerful, self-replicating kernel (much like ghatotkaccha) that is supposed to create a worldwide storm that will finally free sarasvati from her chains. or so it is hoped. :-) LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
