Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:19:17 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Thomas Cannon <tcannon@noops.org> Cc: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net>, Seric@nervevrak.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The BSD daemon Message-ID: <20020103181917.A99475@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20020103180458.T31353-100000@stereophonic.noops.org>; from tcannon@noops.org on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:05:14PM -0800 References: <20020103210527.26f58607.matthew@starbreaker.net> <20020103180458.T31353-100000@stereophonic.noops.org>
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On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:05:14PM -0800, Thomas Cannon wrote: > > I've always known him as 'chucky' > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 02:56:12 +0100 > > "Per-A. Braa" <Seric@nervevrak.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > Does the BSD daemon have a short-name? Like the linux penguin Tux? :) It's > > > a bit long to write to my linux hyped friends that the BSD daemon looks > > > cooler that Tux. Don't you think? > > > > "Beastie" I think this is covered in the FreeBSD FAQ somewhere and if it is not it should be. In the distant past the BSD daemon was know as "Chuck" or "Chucky". Kirk McKusick, who owns the copyright, has let it be know that he is not a fan of the name and prefers "Beastie". Out of respect for Kirk we refer to the BSD Daemon as "Beastie". Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.4 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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