On Mar 27, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Jared Anderson wrote:

> pronounce these *Lenn Nicks* related words:
The most widely used version of Linux is the one Linus himself uses 
which is lin-ucks.

> Debian:

deb-EE-an (it's a contraction of the names Deborah and Ian)

> Suse:

soo-SEE

> Knoppix:

NAH-picks

> MySQL:

my-ESS-QUEUE-ELL

> Gentoo:

jen-TWO

> Windows:

win-DOHS

> Gnome:

GUH-nom or just nome. Pronunciation is available on the GNOME website.

> Ubuntu:

ooh-BOON-too -- pronunciation is available on Ubuntu's website.

> Cygwin:

SIGH-win

> apropos:

ah-pro-PO -- this one is actually a normal english word which was (from 
what I can tell from the word itself) "borrowed" from French. Look it 
up in the dictionary for it's pronunciation. =o)

> Mepis:

MEH-pis

Just my $0.02. =o)

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