Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:36:28 +0200 From: "Per-Arne Holtmon Akø" <perarneh@online.no> To: Luciano Evaristo Guerche <guercheLE@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030415193628.GI80286@online.no> In-Reply-To: <20030415154032.BDA934AB1B@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> References: <BAY1-DAV71D585c9HZT00005d43@hotmail.com> <20030415154032.BDA934AB1B@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>
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--zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday, 15 April 2003 at 11:40:32 -0400, Jud wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:17:24 -0300, "Luciano Evaristo Guerche" > <guercheLE@hotmail.com> said: > > Hi, > >=20 > > I have heard FreeBSD is quite comparable to Linux and that is a very go= od > > 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? >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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.= =20 > 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. Daemon is actually an acronym for `Disk And Execution MONitor'. See http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/entry/daemon.html for more information. --=20 vrak AKA Per-Arne Holtmon Ak=F8 E-mail: perarneh@online.no HP: http://read.the.disastrous.info/ --zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+nF88Ah/k6V8hggsRAp5nAJ9Lyyhx5RHS13EFqxc9msXtVNqk5QCdHliZ W6ktveVcyqfolNFTIMz2kbA= =LWLg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA--
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