The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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Blame the French.

Hey, we pronounce both the same, too. Sorry English, that's on you and you alone.

Uh huh

And how would you pronounce it compared to a German?

The I as in "free", but shorter (not drawn out) and the u as in "urban", maybe? It's hard to find English words where they make the french U sound, but it's pronounced the same pretty much all the time.