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This talk tells the history of the BSD Daemon. It starts with the first renditions in the 1970s of the daemons that help UNIX systems provide services to users. These early daemons were the inspiration for the well-known daemon created by John Lasseter in the early 1980s that became synonymous with BSD as they adorned the covers of the first three editions of `The Design and Implementation of the BSD Operating System' textbooks. The talk will also highlight many of the shirt designs that featured the BSD Daemon.
For more information about BSDCan , please visit:
bsdcan.org
For more information about the BSD Daemon, please visit:
mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/copyright.html
freebsd.org/copyright/daemon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon
This talk tells the history of the BSD Daemon. It starts with the first renditions in the 1970s of the daemons that help UNIX systems provide services to users. These early daemons were the inspiration for the well-known daemon created by John Lasseter in the early 1980s that became synonymous with BSD as they adorned the covers of the first three editions of `The Design and Implementation of the BSD Operating System' textbooks. The talk will also highlight many of the shirt designs that featured the BSD Daemon.
For more information about BSDCan , please visit:
bsdcan.org
For more information about the BSD Daemon, please visit:
mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/copyright.html
freebsd.org/copyright/daemon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon
