From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 04:17:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8F3F106564A for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C0B8FC08 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn35 with SMTP id 35so1092205iwn.13 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=6zZ5wPLg9CB1hdIw9BTGAyrwAqOpCxm+yMfI7l2hk5Y=; b=gSo94BCzYnJqUegycuYuXDgnY9RoRYEJ6yzrHxoZPoG1Kiitdy9If0bSjXxcvhJYUx LVcsqjxsWshKyt6oEH9H+/3vufUJzqj6ksEQ/+XiswyBxXA2JFpnTJZOR6dDwu3FFOOn kCsvWaXNmFpug4z4iTasfW8BN2TOHCnbmEYyo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=S9uSMEXUdfOc6wHZ3z2m1RpTBgdNTA60bQ0yKC1ORs8hRxJHKMQEFDG0befss3xYme ByB61onI7Og+00GGtl/8PUTMQ47gEr0DoKxOBza/k+3u/6NSzf6u3VMsFc678tSZbuOs fa/gyCZOXXLLp2NWJJ6PRmDuPBkKwaCj2Kaz4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.39.137 with SMTP id g9mr4741794ibe.133.1279945021616; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.180.135 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:17:01 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Victor Skovorodnikov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:03 -0000 On 7/23/10, Victor Skovorodnikov wrote: > Hi! > > This may sound strange but I have a question about logo. Why such a logo > for BSD? What is the > meaning of that logo? > > I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get > deterred by its un-Christian > logo. > > Have you considered changing it to something else? Doesn't have to be an > angel, but perhaps > something neutral ;-) ? While everyone will have their own interpretation of what the logo is, it is not a demon. It's a daemon (servers are full of little daemons). Personally, I think of the freebsd (only) logo as an avatar, which means you can make FreeBSD act in any way you want it to. Server, Router, Fileserver, various daemons, desktop, embedded, clustering.. so many choices... And please don't generalize. the "BSD logo" is not the same for all the variants of BSD. OpenBSD is a blowfish, NetBSD is a flag, FreeBSD is an avatar, plus each offshoot of their own respective systems.