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1. Change the logo from a demon to something else. (no matter if it is a play on the word "deamon", it is repulsive to many of the 2.4 billion Christians that can be potential users of FreeBSD)

2. Make an officially supported windows-like desktop environment.

3. Explain what is the purpose of FreeBSD and how does it help us solve our problems.

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If you find the logo offensive or even repulsive then that's your right and I wouldn't presumable to challenge that. However, I know for a fact that there are many Christians who do not have a problem with it. "Repulsive to many of the 2.4 billion Christians" is obviously false. Many of them would probably find it equally offensive that you're (ab)using their faith and speaking in their name.

Most Christians can tell the difference between a cartoon logo for an operating system and the personification of evil.

Even if the logo wasn't the devil, it would still be unattractive to a general audience of people. The windows logo, in my opinion, is a good logo because it doesn't convey anything superfluous, it is a window.

>The windows logo, in my opinion, is a good logo because it doesn't convey anything superfluous, it is a window.

Well it was probably super-offensive to the Xerox Parc Engineers ;)

FreeBSD has actually changed the logo many years ago to a double dildo. Is that better?

Christians usually have no problem buying Apple products (the bitten apple and the Apple I sold for $666).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I#Announcement_and_sales

However, you are not wrong up to a point.

how about we make the demon gay and trans instead

Seriously, the point is not to make it appealing to a certain group of people, but to make it a tool for everyone who needs it. May it be a Christian or any other person.

Nobody cares my man. Crawl back to your cave.

You are getting downvoted, but there are obviously tens (hundreds??) of millions of people of faith--not just Christians--who would instantly reject any product with a demon as its mascot.

Funny how the desire to attract new users seems genuine up until someone mentions the glaring elephant in the room, and then you're downvoted to oblivion.

I, like many others, would never use FreeBSD precisely because it promotes the idea that demons are cute, and it's made by people who see nothing wrong with that.

I think Docker support is probably a far bigger deal breaker for people than a cartoon demon.

theres no such thing as a downvote on HN

There is, but your karma is not high enough to be able to see and use the feature. However, you can notice comments that were downvoted more than upvoted by their grey text color (if you are sighted).

thanks, today i learned something new.

Really? The logo is literally a cartoon and there is a more friendly version if you choose to look.

I suppose an overweight penguin is more apt for that audience. I digress.

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