Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:16:06 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Standard Splash Screen? Message-ID: <37275E76.A01D69C0@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990427183222.10204M-100000@cygnus.rush.net> <37271317.6F1BF48@thuntek.net>
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Donald Wilde wrote:
>
> 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.
I like the idea of a sysinstall knob for splash screens. Generally
they annoy me, but I've installed a splash screen on my laptop because
I often find myself starting it in the midst of a crowd of "the unwashed
masses," and I want them to view our cute little daemon in all his
glory during the boot sequence.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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