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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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GNU like Gnu, I dont see the problem?
Edit: oh damn english people cant pronounce that?
Here, dict.cc has lots of spoken examples
Well you know how USA citizens (yeah they're not English but still) pronounce GNOME ? I once heard one pronounce it as NOME like as in Nomen nescio.
Well, "nome", with a silent G is the correct pronunciation of "gnome", as in e.g. "garden gnome".
From the UK I learned it as nome, but the gn is sounded like ng in ing endings rather than n like no. the difference is slight. n As in no is front of tongue on teeth and (g)ng is a back of the throat and nasal NG sound. When I hear people pronounce as two syllables guh-nome it sounds weird.
Is it supposed to sound like an airplane noise?