From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 12:36:21 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 936ED37B409 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:36:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from read.the.disastrous.info (read.the.disastrous.info [217.8.130.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FAB143F75 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:36:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perarneh@online.no) Received: from jessie (jessie [192.168.168.32]) by read.the.disastrous.info (Postfix) with SMTP id EA7744024; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:36:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: by jessie (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:36:28 +0200 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:36:28 +0200 From: "Per-Arne Holtmon Akø" To: Luciano Evaristo Guerche Message-ID: <20030415193628.GI80286@online.no> References: <20030415154032.BDA934AB1B@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zCKi3GIZzVBPywwA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030415154032.BDA934AB1B@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> X-Message-Flag: Outlook is bad for your Health (TM) X-PGP-Fingerprint: D734 9472 ACA1 0799 AFE2 1601 021F E4E9 5F21 820B cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org 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 19:36:22 -0000 --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" > 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--