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Just in Case You Were Wondering…

…how to pronounce Linux, here’s the answer, straight from the horse’s — make that Finnish programmer’s — mouth:

http://www.jx90.com/linux.html

11 December 2005
Computers & Technology

The personal blog of Minneapolis-based freelance web developer and independent musician Scott Anderson @room34.

Scott is the owner of
Room 34 Creative Services, and creator of ICS Calendar, No Nonsense and several other WordPress plugins.

You can find Scott's music — as Room 34 — on YouTube and Bandcamp, and he also plays bass with 32nd Street Jazz, South High Community Band and Lake Country Jazz Collective.

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