From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 23 06:22:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA16415 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.chicago.cic.net (ns.chicago.cic.net [192.217.65.105]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA16410 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha2.ccc.edu (alpha2.ccc.edu [192.217.38.106]) by ns.chicago.cic.net (8.7.5/CICNet) with SMTP id IAA02608 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:22:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: by alpha2.ccc.edu; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/25Jan96-0409PM) id AA22236; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:15:44 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:15:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Ken Brush To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > What would this accomplish? Quite a bit IMHO. People have horrible > pre-conceptions in their mind about Free software, especially if they are > from the MSDOS/Windows arena because a LARGE majority of the free software > has been (and is still likely)--frankly put--virus infected crap. Coming > from this background it takes a lot of effort for somebody to give up > their prejudices--no matter how much it will save them or how much > 'better' it may be. Having a system which looks and feels professional to > them and which gives them the same fuzzy feeling will help them in > overcoming their notions and accepting the fact that using something else > may be a viable solution. We could put basic graphic handling in the kernel and then make the user put a pic in an appropriate place (like /etc/startup_gif). What that would accomplish: 1. If you don't want the pic, you can take graphic handling out of the kernel. (Basic Users wouldn't be expected to know how to compile a kernel just to hide the probes, would they? Kind of defeats the purpose of having a splash screen). 2. If a not-so-advanced user didn't want the graphic and didn't know how to recompile a kernel, then they just rm /etc/startup.gif. 3. If someone wanted to add their company pic, they just make a pic of the required dimensions and just replace the /etc/startup.gif. (Similar to changing the startup logo on Win95) -Ken Peon