Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[Nick Warne]

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> 
> Mac and Lynux OS
> Use Mac or Lynux? No problem!!
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Didn't 'Linux' originate from a mis-spelling of Linus' name when his first 
account on some box in Helsinki Uni was created /home/linux/?

I think that is the way the myth goes...

Nick
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Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> http://eng.cowon.com/product/iAUDIOU2/feature.html
>> 
>> Mac and Lynux OS
>> Use Mac or Lynux? No problem!!
>> iAUDIO U2 is available to be used on Mac or Lynux OS.
>
>Didn't 'Linux' originate from a mis-spelling of Linus' name when his first 
>account on some box in Helsinki Uni was created /home/linux/?

It was because the ftp admin did not like the original name "freex" so he just 
renamed it to something that suited him well.



Jan Engelhardt
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Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[Jan Engelhardt]

>>Didn't 'Linux' originate from a mis-spelling of Linus' name when his first 
>>account on some box in Helsinki Uni was created /home/linux/?
>
>It was because the ftp admin did not like the original name "freex" so he just 
>renamed it to something that suited him well.

Correction to myself: "freax". Search google for "linus torvalds ftp admin 
freax" and maybe add 1991 or 1992 to the list of keywords.



Jan Engelhardt
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Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[Nick Warne]

On Friday 12 August 2005 20:15, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >>Didn't 'Linux' originate from a mis-spelling of Linus' name when his
> >> first account on some box in Helsinki Uni was created /home/linux/?
> >
> >It was because the ftp admin did not like the original name "freex" so he
> > just renamed it to something that suited him well.
>
> Correction to myself: "freax". Search google for "linus torvalds ftp admin
> freax" and maybe add 1991 or 1992 to the list of keywords.

OK, I remembered where I read it.  A book by Glyn Moody - 'Rebel Code' 
published 2001 ISBN 0-7382-0333-5.

[quote]
'Linus says of a member of the Helsinki University staff called Ari Lemmke. 
"[Lemmke] had this small area on ftp.funet.fi" - an Internet server at the 
university where files were stored for visitors to donwload uisng the 
standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
"It was called nic.funet.fi at that point, and he said that 'hey, I'm putting 
a directory aside for you.'  So he created the /pub/os/linux diectory,"...

"Linux was my working name," Linus continues...
[/quote]

Buggix was also considered... heh.

So, only one man can tell us :-)  

Nick
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Don't grumble, Give a whistle..."

These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[Brad Tilley]

http://eng.cowon.com/product/iAUDIOU2/feature.html

Mac and Lynux OS
Use Mac or Lynux? No problem!! 
iAUDIO U2 is available to be used on Mac or Lynux OS.

Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[Brad Tilley]

On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 14:04 -0400, Brad Tilley wrote:
> http://eng.cowon.com/product/iAUDIOU2/feature.html
> 
> Mac and Lynux OS
> Use Mac or Lynux? No problem!! 
> iAUDIO U2 is available to be used on Mac or Lynux OS.

Even though they can't spell it, their mp3/ogg player works flawlessly
with Lynux ;) 

Re: These guys can't spell Linux ;)

[alan]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Brad Tilley wrote:

> http://eng.cowon.com/product/iAUDIOU2/feature.html
> 
> Mac and Lynux OS
> Use Mac or Lynux? No problem!! 
> iAUDIO U2 is available to be used on Mac or Lynux OS.

Maybe it is a version of Linux that uses Lynx as a front end. (Kind of 
like pinfo.)

Do Debian developers now have to use apt-git?

Sorry. Need more coffee...

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