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On 7/23/10 10:01 PM, "Victor Skovorodnikov" <vic_sk@mail.ru> wrote:

> I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get
> deterred by its un-Christian logo.

to me, devils, daemons and demons are mythological critters like elves,
pixies and bogey men.


> Have you considered changing it to something else?  Doesn't have to be an
> angel, but perhaps something neutral ;-) ?

everyone is free to interpret the image as the please. there are
alternatives for anyone who, after due study of the horned cartoon
character, concludes that freebsd is blasphemous.