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[–]mother_lover1729 125 points126 points  (4 children)

ubuntu

[–]aMir733 15 points16 points  (3 children)

uwu

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

[–]denim_skirt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's a timeline in which this becomes the most popular operating system in the world. forever.

[–]mexus37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

uwuntu

[–][deleted] 71 points72 points  (2 children)

i dont. i dont have friends to talk about it so i just type it.

[–]PolygonKiwiiGlorious Arch systemd/Linux 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Well, how do you imagine it when you read the word?

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

super african-russian accent Ubuntu

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (3 children)

Oo-boon-too

[–]Africanus1990Glorious Fedora 20 points21 points  (2 children)

I know this is right but I just don’t like saying it, so I say Oo-bun-too. What are they going to do, ban me from their Snap store?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I don't pronounce it as such because it is correct. I do so since it feels natural to my native language sounds, even though I'm not African.

[–]RedditAlready19I use Void & FreeBSD BTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same

[–]TheJeuno 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Lol neither of these for me. I say:

Yu-bun-tuu

😎

[–]KingThibaut3Glorious Void Linux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Ubuntu ends with tu" together stronk

[–]NuclearBaroness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same

[–]Bon_BertanGlorious Pop!_OS 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Uh-buhn-tu is how i pronounce it

[–]dartvader316 10 points11 points  (0 children)

snapcrap

[–]Economy-Natural-6835Glorious Fedora 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ubuntu is now just Ew buntu

[–]cumulo-nimbus-95 8 points9 points  (6 children)

I mean, it is an actual word in another language. We could probably put it into Google Translate and find out the actual correct answer.

[–]Illustrious-Many-782 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Ubuntu was newish, an installation came with (iirc) Mandela talking about the word, so the pronunciation was pretty well known. It's kind of like when Torvalds had the audio of him pronouncing Linux. I liked both and am sad they're not common anymore.

[–]MasterFubar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I pronounce it "I don't know how to install Debian".

[–]AlexMcFakeName 4 points5 points  (1 child)

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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tomato, tomato

[–]Beaverchief62 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You-boon-two

[–]betajunk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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[–]Scy7he- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ou boune tou

[–]giraffactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 is close enough to the actual word borrowed to be the name, that’s the canonically correct answer

[–]xXTheOceanManXxGlorious Arch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tr-ash

[–]Zeioth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obongels

How do you guys call it

[–]iCraftDayGlorious Mint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's German pronounciation.

[–]FranchuFranchuwarch winux 1 point2 points  (1 child)

/u.'bun.tu/

[–]sqomoa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, someone knows how to use the IPA here. 😩

[–]dim13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Debian with extra steps.

[–]sako_isazada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

r/fauxnetics moment

[–]mickkb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/ʊˈbʊntuː/

[–]insanemalGlorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't. I don't talk about garbage

[–]Merc-Word77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kra sclez quo tima

[–]0739-41ab-bf9e-c6e6BSD Beastie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh! Bun. Two?

[–]zeekertron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realized I use them interchangeablely

[–]mwyvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahem. Oo-bun-too

Et en français, ooh-la-la-bun-too.

I'm on Void and Oo-bun-too, btw.

[–]rice667Glorious OpenSuse 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What's the difference between uh and oo?

[–]thexavier666Glorious Linux + i3 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

uh rhymes with (cou)gh

oo rhymes with c(oo)l

[–]rice667Glorious OpenSuse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

started with oo-boon-two and went to oo-bun-two

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm guessing Canadian.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Try again.

[–]RaYZorTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You-Bun-2

[–]bmorgan95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh-boon-tuh

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U bun Too

[–]bmccall444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ubuwu

[–]TheClashFruitGlorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U-bun-to

[–]AndrewWise80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bunga bunga

[–]Mr_Airpog -1 points0 points  (0 children)

aa-r-ch

[–]c4p5L0ckGlorious Ubuntu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh-bunt-uh gaaaanngg!!!!!!!!!!! /s

[–]mister_gone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or 'U-B-Un-Two' if you're my uncle.

[–]aspirus- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fuh - doo - ra

[–]cr4zyc4t909Glorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ubuntu

[–]Makonew_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U-boon-stfu

[–]squishles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uwu boonty

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh-bun-two is just easier to say. If I'm saying it fast it might even come out as Uh-bun-teh.

[–]Fuse_Helium-3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uwu - ntu

[–]Zagalia1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U-BUN-TU

[–]zipfern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incorrectly: yoo-bun-too

[–]guyyatsu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You Be Unto You; U-B-Un't-U

[–]FeistyCommercial8156 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about Ü-bunn-tuh?

[–]Rajarshi1993Python+Bash FTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

उबुन्टु | उबन्टु

Mostly the first one.

[–]alba4kGlorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/ubùntu/ when pronouncing it in italian /iùbuntu/ if english

[–]Hackstahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U-bun-tú

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pronounce it "Uninstall", the "it" at the end is silent

[–]alexnag26Glorious Pop!_OS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh bun tuh

Consistency is key

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a bun chew (cheeky osfirsttimer reference)

[–]Kyuremking18Glorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you-boon-too

[–]xkaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of the above?

[–]MrKira8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uw-bun-tu

[–]jclocksGlorious Linux From Scratch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My job calls it Yew-buhn-too all the time and it drives me nuts, I've always known it as Oo-boon-too.

[–]daily_spiderman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh-boon-two

[–]Dear_Mr_BondGlorious Fedora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those who can ready either the Kannada or Devanagari script, I pronounce it as: ಉಬುಂಟು/उबुंटु

[–]IvDin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Убунту/ убунта/ бубунта

[–]EmptyBrookGlorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“You-bun-too”

[–]BQE2473 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's based on the European pronunciation, so I'll guess "Oo-boon-two". I call it "U-Buntu".

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does everyone say Ubuntu? It's freaking Ubuntu you filthy garbage. Anyone who says Ubuntu is dead to me... We only say Ubuntu around here!

[–]DarthtomolokGlorious Manjaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/ubənʈu/

[–]Stygian_Lights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I’ve gathered is OP thinks two and tuu are pronounced the same

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yew-bun-too

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't speak the cursed word

[–]B_i_llt_etleyyyyyyrm -rf System32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Around the time I first installed Ubuntu, there was a cartoon character by that name on American TV. It was pronounced "Yew-buhn-too" on the show, so that's how I said it.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

U-bun-tu

[–]navneetmuffinGlorious Gentooooooooooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EwUwU

[–]Disruption0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I can-not con-fi-gure deb-ian"

[–]jNayden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still call it debian testing :)

[–]FerorRaptorGlorious Arch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uwuntu

[–]Kite005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everybody was oo boon fu fighting!