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On Wednesday, 27th April 2005, Mike Edenfield wrote:

>One possible alternative to an all-out graphics display would be a 
>'prettified' text console.  I'm thinking of what Gentoo and older RedHat 
>systems did (haven't used RH in years, dunno if this still applies) 
>where about 80% of the system log messages are hidden behind a simple 
>task list:
>
>Mounting File Systems ... [ok]
>Starting xl0          ... [ok]
>
>etc.  With, of course, the obligatory cyan, magenta, and bright green 
>colors.

Interesting.  I always found this aspect of Linux very annoying and
certainly no advance over what FreeBSD provides already.  Linux puts out
at least as much verbiage as FreeBSD but in a less readable form.

>There's definitely a different boot-message requirement between a headless 
>server, headed (?) server, novice user desktop, advanced user desktop, 
>etc.

Definitely?  I don't see the distinction you draw between these categories.
At the very most, for a casual user you could cover up the booting phase
with a picture of Beastie.  The rest is fine.

Stephen.