anybody who has sndconfig can check the sample file which is played to test your soundcard..its linus pronouncing Linux, as, well, Linux... :| !
-- vik --- LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ===== viksit gaur http://viksit.tripod.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. New eh? I tried sniffing coke once, but the ice cubes seemed to get in the way... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
