English

Etymology

From the name of its creator, Linus Benedict Torvalds, influenced by the term Unix. The first name of Linux was Freax, combining the words "Free" and "Unix", and referring to phreaking . The administrator of the server on which Linux was firstly held didn't like the connection to phreaking, and therefore Linus changed it to Linux

Pronunciation

• IPA [ˈlɪnəks], [ˈlɪnˌʊks], also [ˈlinuks], [ˈlɑɪnəks] (the latter two pronunciations are considered incorrect)
• Lih'-nucks

Proper noun

Linux

1. A free Unix-like operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds based on previous Minix work from Andrew Tannenbaum and released under the GNU General Public License .

Translations

• Catalan: Linux m
• Esperanto: Linukso
• Finnish: Linux
• French: Linux m
• German: Linux n
• Spanish: Linux m
• Russian: Ли́нукс

See also

• Wikipedia article on Linux

Dutch

Proper noun

Linux (Plural: Linuxen , Linuxes , Diminutive: linuxje , Plural diminutive: linuxjes )