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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Interesting! Do you happen to know where the -UX suffix convention came from?
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  UniX, apparently

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