Hi Christopher, Christopher Chalmers <CChalmers-cc@conestogac.on.ca> writes: > Hi Debian project! > > I had used Debian 6.5 and Debian 6.7 and tried Debian 7.0 – 7.2 And I > liked them, but I found out that freebsd with the young devil mascot > and a devil head icon, was part of Debian and it scared the sh#t out > of me. You appear to be judging things based on their outward appearance, while not really looking into the details at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon You'll notice that page is titled BSD _Daemon_, not BSD Devil. If you read that page, you'll discover that Unix and thus Linux has long running processes that are called "software daemons", that do the work of keeping the system running properly. This use of the word "daemon" comes from Greek mythology, as you can see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(mythology) and therefore has no relation to devils, or even to demons (except by being a homophone). The cartoon mascot is thus a visual pun, since it depicts a demon, rather than a daemon. The joke continues with the fact that the mascot is called "Beastie" which is a homophone of BSD. > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I note that you apparently have no qualms about using software from Microsoft, despite them being convicted repeat monopoly abusers: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Microsoft-Ruled-a-Monopoly-Court-finds-firm-2899336.php http://newsok.com/article/3154388 http://www.networkworld.com/article/2272627/applications/europe-charges-microsoft-with-abuse-of-monopoly-again.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/technology/eu-fines-microsoft-over-browser.html Might I suggest that you contemplate those facts, perhaps in conjunction with Mathhew 7:18 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-7-18/ However, I'm not sure if that's going to make you feel any better. Sorry. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature