josefo to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.message-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down136
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareThe "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.josefo to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoIt’s really confusing because “pseudo” pronounce the same way, means not real. So it’s like you only kind of have admin access but really there’s a lot of systems you can’t change. Except that’s not the case, and you have full access.
minus-squareHeavybell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYeah but you’re not really root, you just have permission to run things as root ;) That’s my flimsy justification for pronouncing it like pseudo, anyway.
It’s really confusing because “pseudo” pronounce the same way, means not real. So it’s like you only kind of have admin access but really there’s a lot of systems you can’t change. Except that’s not the case, and you have full access.
Yeah but you’re not really root, you just have permission to run things as root ;)
That’s my flimsy justification for pronouncing it like pseudo, anyway.