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[Per-Arne Holtmon Akø]

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 at hotmail.com> 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.

Daemon is actually an acronym for `Disk And Execution MONitor'. See
http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/entry/daemon.html for more information.

-- 
vrak AKA Per-Arne Holtmon Akø
E-mail: perarneh at online.no
HP: http://read.the.disastrous.info/
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