On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:32:49AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:54:06PM -0600, Ken Fuchs wrote:
> > Now that I'm on a roll or a tangent, can we change GNU/Linux to Gnux
> > (pronounced GUH-NUCKS) as GNU/Linux is a bit long?
> 
> Back when Stallman's GNU/Linux crusade was just getting started, I
> seem to recall seeing a claim that he had originally tried for
> "LiGNUx", but I have no idea whether there's any truth behind it or
> not.  (The favored pronunciation of "LiGNUx" seemed to be "lug
> nuts"...)

Interesting, I hadn't heard this before. Some searching on google groups
turned up some good links, unfortunately even those usenet archives are
not old enough (all the references seem to refer to a much older 
discussion)

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