Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:15:52 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: "Rissland, Thorsten" <Rissland@dbe.de> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I want using FreeBSD, but... Message-ID: <3F211F78.50106@401.cx> In-Reply-To: <03Jul25.115404cest.117121@gatekeeper.dbe.de> References: <03Jul25.115404cest.117121@gatekeeper.dbe.de>
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Rissland, Thorsten wrote: >...i'm a christian. > >Why is the Logo of FreeBSD an devil???? >What have an oparating System to do with the devil???? > >Of course, there is something like daemon's (under Windows called services) >but this is not the meaning of deamon!!! > >I think the meaning of daemon is > >d=disk >a=and >e=? (i don't know) >mon=monotoring > > >So what has this to with an Deamon??? > > >Please answer me. > > This is explained at the FreeBSD website at http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html The symbolic refers to "daemon", not deamon, and it has nothing to do with satan, the devil, evil powers or anything even remotely religious. From the FreeBSD website: "`Daemon'' is actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. " I hope this helps, freebsd is really a great operating system and I hope you wont let religion or politics stop you from using it. -- R
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