Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 01:11:56 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Subject: Re: Standard Splash Screen? Message-ID: <XFMail.990429011156.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428234916.8896B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On 29-Apr-99 Robert Watson wrote: > I also like the "wow, that's UNIX thing" after they see me log into kdm, > onto a desktop using kfm as a file manager and window maker as the window > manager (they seem to interoperate nicely). I still use fvwm2 for all my wm'ing needs, but I do use kdm instead of xdm. I even have a blowup of chuck from the one where he's standing on the rock for the little pic in the dialog box. > But splash screens are great, as they hide a lot of nasty complexity that > most people don't need or want to look at. There's a slight blip in > between the end of the splash screen and the beginning of kdm. Anyone > have any thoughts on how to hide that? You can't w/o having weird side effects like the keyboard or mouse not working in X. It's only for a second or two so I wouldn't worry 'bout it all that much. > Robert > > 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. :-) >> >> -- >> Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) >> dcs@newsguy.com >> dcs@freebsd.org >> >> "Well, Windows works, using a loose definition of 'works'..." > > Robert N Watson > > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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