From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 08:40:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDFF37B401 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us.messagingengine.com (ny3.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B7E343F93 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:40:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by server3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F3956467; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:40:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=smtp.us2.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:40:32 -0400 Received: by smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id BDA934AB1B; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:40:32 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Jud" To: "Luciano Evaristo Guerche" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:40:32 -0400 X-Epoch: 1050421232 X-Sasl-enc: qWrfVZCbQcmewl1ys5P+uw References: In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <20030415154032.BDA934AB1B@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:40:37 -0000 On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:17:24 -0300, "Luciano Evaristo Guerche" said: > 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? Hello, Luciano. I am replying on freebsd-chat, which is more appropriate for your question than -docs or -questions, I think. The logo is a "daemon," a term used in Unix to mean system processes that operate in the background. See, e.g., http://www.enderunix.org/docs/eng/daemon.php . I imagine (though I haven't researched the question) that this was thought to be a good logo for a Unix system that works reliably in the background without requiring user intervention. So the logo honors hard work and reliability, not the devil. Of course, if the picture continues to be repellent to you even after you know what it stands for, that is your prerogative - certainly no one will force you to have FreeBSD on your computer. The Internet, e-mail, or anything else that requires you to connect your computer to a network likely relies heavily on the work of Unix daemons. If the concept of "daemons" as related to computer operating systems bothers you, then you will probably want to use your computer as a standalone device only. Jud