http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html
The little red fellow that graces many of these pages is the BSD Daemon. In the context of UNIX® systems, daemons are process that run in the background attending to various tasks without human intervention. In the general sense, daemon is an older form of the word demon. In the *Unix System Administration Handbook*, Evi Nemeth has this to say about daemons: "Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the word ``demon,'' implying some kind of Satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." (p403) The earliest (and most popular) renditions of the BSD Daemon were created by John Lasseter. More recent FreeBSD-specific renditions have done by Tatsumi Hosokawa <http://fromto.cc/hosokawa/gallery/>, but the basic inspiration was definitely John's. The copyright holder and creator of the daemon image is Marshall Kirk McKusick <mckus...@mckusick.com>. A short pictorial history<http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/index.html>is also available. There is a gallery of FreeBSD related publications <http://www.freebsd.org/publish.html> that use variations of the daemon graphic. 2009/5/10 Otacílio de Araújo Ramos Neto <otacilio.n...@ee.ufcg.edu.br> > Caros > > Na winkipédia em português no primeiro parágrafo que trata do mascote > do FreeBSD > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD#Mascote_e_lema > está escrito que o nome dele é Daemon, mas até onde sei é Beastie. > > O que vocês acham? Está errado? > ------------------------- > Histórico: http://www.fug.com.br/historico/html/freebsd/ > Sair da lista: https://www.fug.com.br/mailman/listinfo/freebsd > -- Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira Analista de Segurança da Informação CISSP-DF Grupo de Estudos Modulo Certified Security Officer Solaris Certified System Administrator ------------------------- Histórico: http://www.fug.com.br/historico/html/freebsd/ Sair da lista: https://www.fug.com.br/mailman/listinfo/freebsd
