From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Apr 28 6:56:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D7C614D39 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 1999 06:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwilde1@thuntek.net) Received: from thuntek.net (abq-040.thuntek.net [207.66.52.40]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id HAA00526; Wed, 28 Apr 1999 07:56:31 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <37271317.6F1BF48@thuntek.net> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 07:54:31 -0600 From: Donald Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Standard Splash Screen? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > Anyone here would vote on any of the currently available art for a > > default boot splash screen? "Real Hackers don't use splash screens" > > votes also apply. :-) > > Real Hackers don't use splash screens > > I really like seeing my hardware probed at bootup, perhaps sysinstall > should have an easy to notice splash selection dialog. > Agree with this totally. the only way I'd load a splash screen would be if the boot messages could be toggled on and off as an overlay scrolling across it. -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message