From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 00:55:41 2004 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 095EB16A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:55:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from web14612.mail.yahoo.com (web14612.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1624A43D41 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:55:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from plageotakes@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040130085540.63359.qmail@web14612.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [69.3.222.181] by web14612.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:55:40 PST Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:55:40 -0800 (PST) From: peter lageotakes To: Bubble Gum , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20040130065605.9623.qmail@web12907.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: about 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: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:55:41 -0000 --- Bubble Gum wrote: > I just want to ask (i'm sorry if it's a silly > question),why freebsd logo use "devil" character? > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. > Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Its not a devil. The character is a question is a daemon (not demon). A daemon describes a process, like any other operating system. Windows users call them programs and *nix users call them daemons. One definition of daemon is a help (deity) neither good nor evil. Why does he carry a pitch fork? Well that's another Unix thing: "fork -- create a new process" Feel free to read that man (manual) page for fork: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fork&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE&format=html Why is it called a beastie? Say BSD really fast and what sound does it make? Why is beastie wearing gym shoes (chuck taylors)? Well I don't have an answer for that one. A very nice description exists on the FreeBSD web site: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html If I have made any errors or omissions, please correct me. Pete ===== ESCape with VI. Cheese A La mode. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/