Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:20:40 -0600 From: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beastie Message-ID: <41AA7968.2030601@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <41AA785C.5020304@math.missouri.edu> References: <41AA785C.5020304@math.missouri.edu>
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On 11/28/04 19:16, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > It is with a little intrepidation that I ask this question, because I > sense that what I am about to ask might push some buttons, or perhaps > bring back some unpleasant memories of those who have asked what I am > going to ask in a less tactful manner. > > I find that the beastie that appears at boot time with FreeBSD 5.3 > mildly bothers me. It is possible for me to edit boot/beastie.4th, but > this gets put back each time I do make installworld. > > Would it be possible to add a variable "show_beastie" to be put in > /boot/loader.conf, which would default to "YES", but users could add in > show_beastie="NO" if they didn't want it, but only want the menu. > > I am sure that this is a sensitive subject with you guys, because I know > that you have no intention of associating FreeBSD with satanism or > anything like that. It is not my intention to apply any kind of label > of evil to you guys, indeed I find FreeBSD to be a very fine operating > system, and I use it all the time. But the symbol which is commonly > associated with the devil does cause me some discomfort, and for > example, if I were to install some kind of server for my church, I think > that it would bother them as well. > > I know that the the symbol of the beastie is strongly associated with > FreeBSD, and that it would be grossly unfair for me to ask for it to be > removed just because of my personal discomfort. > > That is why I am proposing the solution above. I think that it would be > easy to implement by anyone who knows Forth (presuming that the > loader.conf variables are known to the beastie.4th program), and that > this would not interfere at all with those who don't mind or enjoy the > beastie, but it would also help people like me in an unobtrusive manner. Throw 'beastie_disable="YES"' into /boot/loader.conf. Jon
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