Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:29:23 +0000 (GMT) | From | Robert Morris <> | Subject | Re: AW: Bootscreen |
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Hello there,
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Raphael Schmid wrote:
> See, if there was no Windows, and no MacOS, and I'd see Linux boot... > ...don't you think I'd still say -at some point- "Gee, these text messages > are so geeky. I'd like to have a cute picture shown while booting"? I mean, > really.
I've been using Linux since 1.0.9 - and I've *never* *ever* thought of the idea of covering up the output from either kernel or other startup stuff with a graphic. Sure some of the kernel's output could be cleaned up a little, but for the most part its not "geeky" - its useful and informative.
And, I think that assuming that non-"geeky" users prefer to see something "cute" when their OS boots up, rather than output which is useful to someone else if not themselves, is rather insulting to them.
> Can we get rid of the "stupid guy who's trying to clone Windows" dogma, > please?
I didn't say you were a stupid guy. I did say cloning Windows is a stupid idea. There is a difference.
> I do have a solution for that. Just make the image 640x440 instead > 640x480, and have the initscripts output on one of the lower lines only, > always over- writing the previous message. That way, the support > engineer would know what's going wrong and you'd still have a cute > picture.
*sigh*
Robert Morris 08707 458710 http://www.r-morris.co.uk/
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