During the early days of Linux's emergence, it was pronounced"Lie-nux", "Lin-ux," and "Lee-nux" by various groups of users. Finally, Lin-ux became the standard

During the early days of Linux's emergence, it was pronounced"Lie-nux", "Lin-ux," and "Lee-nux" by various groups of users. Finally, Lin-ux became the standard pronunciation b/c Torvalds explained that in Finnish his name was pronounced Lin-us, not Lie-nus. Given that he's spent most of his life in the US, he may have subsequently decided to "americanize" the pronunciation.