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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?"
> >
> >
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