The GNU Project: http://www.gnu.org/

i still like saying "G - N - U" better than "GUHNEW"

Me too. Same for "GNOME".

I don't understand where the G is derived from..

Nothing is more tedious than attempting to explain a joke to someone who doesn't get it. No one can provide an answer that you will find satifactory.

Had you followed our rules and performed a search prior to asking a question, you would have found this thread.

I also like to call it G N U!
Because it is easy for me to talk to others!

Hmmm... maybe someone should write an FAQ on the proper pronunciation of common *nix terms; i.e.: is it lie-nix (like Torvalds himself says, and therefore what I follow), or linnucks (like almost everyone else I meet says)?

its not that serious. call it whatever you want, as long as other people know what you are talking about. no ones gonna be like "huh?" if you say LiNUKS, or LIE-NUKS, or LEENiX.... haha unless they have never heard of linux period.

yeah i agree with every nixer knows GNU no matter how you pronounce it. I just pronounce it as NEW because if I say Ga New All I can think about is Garry Gnew from the great space coaster when I was a kid and nix is much more complex than a kermit wanna-be!!

no, Linus is not reading it as "lie-nix". see this page.

linux systems is a cheap way of learning Unix isnt it?

How DARE you say linux is cheap! Its better than Unix! <---- running joke there.

But yeah, Um... kind of. Some of the features in Linux surpass those of Unix and vice versa. Not really cheap (as in less effective), but more like difference in tastes. Kinda like, "Do you want RED HAT or AIX, on this cone?"

lol, i dont really have a contribution to this thread... just thought id let you all know that they verbal explanation of *nix terms was amazing. lol

lien-uckz
lin-ickz
lin-uckz
lee-nuckz...

:-]]

The G doesn't stand for anything.
The G is there simply to make the acronym an actual word. Gnu is an actual word (name of a type of antelope). Any other letter, and the acronym wouldn't work as a word.

anu
bnu
cnu
dnu
enu
fnu

... you get the idea.

uhhh.... yea antelopes.... im pretty sure it means

Gnu Not Unix lol..... just a guess.