Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 13:17:35 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@blinx.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Demon Message-ID: <20010812131735.A62791@parish> In-Reply-To: <CCEOIFDFIDIGHEEMNANCCEBOCAAA.jslivko@blinx.net>; from jslivko@blinx.net on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 07:54:21AM -0400 References: <20010812121648.A275@parish> <CCEOIFDFIDIGHEEMNANCCEBOCAAA.jslivko@blinx.net>
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On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 07:54:21AM -0400, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > The reason i'm asking is because I know that there are Tuxtops out there, > and I know that Tux is the name of the Linux Penguin. So, I was wondering if > there is a similar sort of name for laptops running *BSD. -- Jonathan > Dunno, I've never heard of one (but then I've never heard of TuxTops either). I guess ChuckTops sort of rolls off the tongue but I doubt Kirk would be amused. BeastieTops just doesn't cut it though. > -- > Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@blinx.net> > Blinx Networks, Inc. > http://www.blinx.net/ > "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?" ROFL - http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/Ms1.jpg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Ovens [mailto:marko@freebsd.org] > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 7:17 AM > To: Jonathan M. Slivko > Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Demon > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 05:14:28AM -0400, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > > [please e-mail me directly, as i'm not subscribed to the list] > > > > Hello, > > > > I was wondering if anyone here knows the name for the BSD demon, like Tux > is > > the name for the Linux penguin? -- Jonathan > > > > Officially he is nameless but Kirk McKusick, the copyright holder of the > image, says that if you must call him something then "Beastie" is the name. > You may often see him called "Chuck" but that is frowned upon by Kirk. > > >From Kirk's website, http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/index.html > > Many folks have asked about the BSD daemon's name. Contrary to a > myth first started by some advertising droid at Walnut Creek, the > daemon's name is NOT Chuck. He is very proud of the fact that he > does not have a name, he is just the BSD daemon. If you insist on a > name, call him beastie. > > > -- > > Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@blinx.net> > > Blinx Networks, Inc. > > http://www.blinx.net/ > > "Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?" > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > -- > 4.4 - The number of the Beastie > ________________________________________________________________ > 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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