Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:30:49 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Consoles, past and future. Message-ID: <C3D3B275-5225-4C6B-BEFF-633AB455DD21@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <75AF001F-473A-4D0E-9DF5-5A25F02B3749@xcllnt.net> References: <34182.1125646759@phk.freebsd.dk> <75AF001F-473A-4D0E-9DF5-5A25F02B3749@xcllnt.net>
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Am 02.09.2005 um 18:55 schrieb Marcel Moolenaar: > This allows us to not display the boot probe gobbledegook so that > we can present > the end-user with a nice logo[...] I know that Marcel actually qualified this statement, but I'd still like point out this common misconception. People are interested in receiving information that is useful to them. Being informed about startup progress is useful information; most people (me included) just don't care about the details. (Unless I'm trying to debug a problem.) A "nice logo" has nothing to do with it. As Marcel points out, there should be a mechanism that serves more than one purpose. F'up to -chat... Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 170 346 0140
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