Linus Torvalds gives an audio example of how to pronunce it (it IS named after him, so he should know). ;) http://www.linux.org/info/sounds/english.au I hope this was as helpful to some of y'all as it was to me.. No more of those awkward pauses when OS-name-dropping at those seminars and swanky tech get-togethers (do they still have those?) Seth