BSD Daemon

BSD Daemon is the BSD operating system s mascot.

Many folks have asked about the BSD daemon s name. The proper name is just BSD Daemon . A Walnut Creek advertiser wrongfully named the BSD daemon as Chuck , maybe because of his Chuck Taylor All-Stars.

Those insisting on a name call him Beastie, likely a phonetic pronunciation of BSD (BeeS Dee). The BSD Daemon is a Daemon (computer_software) and usually carries a trident to symbolize the daemon s Fork (operating system) of Processes. The copyright of the BSD Daemon is held by Marshall Kirk McKusick who tries to ensure that he is properly used to identify BSD-based software and services. The current popular version of BSD Daemon was drawn by animation film director John Lasseter on March 22, 1988.

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This image of BSD Daemon appears in FreeBSD startup menu, as well as in the daemon screensaver.

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