On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Jim Crumley wrote:

> ssh -   "ess ess aitch"   (spell it out)
> vi  -   "vee eye"  or "vie"
> Linux - "LIE nucks", though I am starting to say "lih nucks"

vee eye

LIH nuhks - a good American approximation.  Linus actually pronounces it a 
bit more like LEE nooks, but he has an accent!  ;-)

LIE nucks, though accepted, is not really correct.

Mike