10–14 Jun 2025
University of Ottawa
EST timezone

A History of the BSD Daemon

Not scheduled
50m
Desmarais Building (DMS) (University of Ottawa)

Desmarais Building (DMS)

University of Ottawa

55 Laurier Ave E. Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5
Lecture 50 min Experiences

Description

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.

One-line summary A History of the BSD Daemon

Primary author

Marshall Kirk McKusick (McKusick Consultancy)

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