From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 08:46:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E2C437B401 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:46:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail11.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FE6343F93 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:46:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 19000 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2003 15:46:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 15 Apr 2003 15:46:35 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3FFkQOv069558; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:46:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:46:27 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Luciano Evaristo Guerche cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD logo... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:46:32 -0000 On 15-Apr-2003 Luciano Evaristo Guerche wrote: > Hi, > > I have heard FreeBSD is quite comparable to Linux and that is a very good free OS. I would not > use / adhere to it just because the logo it adopts. How can a christian install an OS whose logo > is a demon in his/her computer? First off, you just opened a large can of worms that comes up every so often. Don't be surprised if you end up with an inbox full of flames. However, while the beastie/daemon guy does resemble a demon, there are a few things to consider: 1) it's just a picture. For Christians, a JPEG image doesn't really have any power over the Spirit living inside that person. 2) if you are a Christian who believes that demons really exist, then the picture of a cuddly little guy with horns and a pitchfork isn't all that accurate. Personally I find the descriptions in Frank Perreti's books (such as This Present Darkness and Piercing The Darkness) to be much closer to truth. 3) An OS is just a tool, and when evaluating which tools to use for a given job, the packaging really isn't a large factor. When I used to frame houses for my summer job, my father bought me a bright orange neon hammer for my toolbelt. He got that color so that no one else would even want to take it, but my orange hammer worked just as fine as everyone else's more subdued- colored hammers. As a core team member and kernel developer who is also a Christian, I can attest that it is indeed possible to use this OS without having to compromise one's faith. Now, a word or two of caution. :) Personally I do occasionally wear one of my FreeBSD t-shirts on Wednesday nights to church, but that is among a group of people that know who I am as a person and for which doing so isn't going to be a stumbling block (as Paul would say.. see 1 Cor 10:25-32 where Paul talks about the fact that even though the people he was talking to were free to eat meat that had been sacraficed to idols because they knew that the other idols were not significant, it would still be wrong for them to do it in front of other people for whom the idols were significant such as new Christians who had formerly worshipped that idol and would view eating that meat as an act of worship for that idol). Anyways, I do hope this makes sense. I would evaluate FreeBSD based on its strengths and weaknesses as an OS and not on its logo. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/