Why is Linux written with a italic i?

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sonic6k · #1 Post by **sonic6k** » 2007-06-14 21:14

Like this one:

Is it just fashion, or does the italic i have a meaning?

AgenT · #2 Post by **AgenT** » 2007-06-14 22:38

Fashion. Linux is written like the name Linus but with an x instead of an s. The i in Linux has as much meaning as the i in Linus (none).

joeyh · #3 Post by **joeyh** » 2007-06-15 03:26

IIRC this was a fairly common thing back in the early 90's when people started to make the first linux logos.

detly · #4 Post by **detly** » 2007-06-15 03:43

Maybe it was to emphasise the pronunciation...

sonic6k · #5 Post by **sonic6k** » 2007-06-15 06:55

detly wrote:Maybe it was to emphasise the pronunciation...

Probably, because I know many people who say "Lie-nux" instead of "Lee-nix"

CocoAUS · #6 Post by **CocoAUS** » 2007-06-15 17:53

I always say Lih-nix.

I also say New instead of Guh-new, and Dee-bien instead of Dehb-ien.

Simpatico · #7 Post by **Simpatico** » 2007-06-15 19:34

There's an mp3 somewhere of Linus saying it's "Lee-nux." FWIW.

sonic6k · #8 Post by **sonic6k** » 2007-06-15 20:59

Simpatico wrote:There's an mp3 somewhere of Linus saying it's "Lee-nux." FWIW.

That's how it really is pronounced because Linus is finnish and I have lived in Finland for more than 15 years so I know the accent very well and that's how other people also pronounce it (in Finland).

AgenT · #9 Post by **AgenT** » 2007-06-15 21:02

Simpatico wrote:There's an mp3 somewhere of Linus saying it's "Lee-nux." FWIW.

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

Hevoos · #10 Post by **Hevoos** » 2007-06-18 08:31

Simpatico wrote:There's an mp3 somewhere of Linus saying it's "Lee-nux." FWIW.

As I'm Finnish I pronounce it the same way.

Lavene · #11 Post by **Lavene** » 2007-06-18 09:33

AgenT wrote:
Simpatico wrote:There's an mp3 somewhere of Linus saying it's "Lee-nux." FWIW.
http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

Bah! What does this Linus character know... I used Linux before he was even born!!

chrismortimore · #12 Post by **chrismortimore** » 2007-06-18 10:58

Lavene wrote:Bah! What does this Linus character know... I used Linux before he was even born!!

But he has the security blanky, which gives him the power to win any battle. Or am I thinking of someone else...?

Lavene · #13 Post by **Lavene** » 2007-06-18 11:11

chrismortimore wrote:
Lavene wrote:Bah! What does this Linus character know... I used Linux before he was even born!!
But he has the security blanky, which gives him the power to win any battle. Or am I thinking of someone else...?

That explains a lot... like RMS hair for instance

Kathera Lockharte · #14 Post by **Kathera Lockharte** » 2007-06-26 00:37

AgenT wrote:
Simpatico wrote:There's an mp3 somewhere of Linus saying it's "Lee-nux." FWIW.
http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

I have a direct link to it http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciatio ... -linux.mp3 for those who wish to simply click the link and here it.

BioTube · #15 Post by **BioTube** » 2007-07-01 17:48

I remember reading somewhere that his preferred pronunciation's changed over the years. But lih-nix here.