Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:48:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: "Stephen McKay" <smckay@internode.on.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project Message-ID: <64691.216.177.243.35.1114660139.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <200504280257.j3S2vXEO007344@dungeon.home> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com><426F8F21.1010100@gamersimpact.com><51866.216.177.243.42.1114613062.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com><1072.172.16.0.199.1114624239.squirrel@172.16.0.1> <200504280257.j3S2vXEO007344@dungeon.home>
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> On Wednesday, 27th April 2005, Mike Jakubik wrote: > >>On Wed, April 27, 2005 10:44 am, /dev/null said: >> >>> With 30+ servers, I do alot of that as well. But it has always bothered >>> me for some reason that Linux has always had their flashy boot screens. >>> While FBSD has not. It was sort of like Linux thumbing its nose at me. >>> So, I felt like I'd like to start contributing to FBSD and this seemed >>> like an easy place to start. Later, something more advanced (and >>> useful). >> >>Personally, I prefer the current fbsd boot process over the linux flashy >>ones. It's useless bloat, that won't impress any serious audience. > > Put me in the flashiness hating camp also. I especially dislike the > Linux 60Hz super-eye-destroying graphical boot, which I have to go to the > trouble of defeating as it is the default. > > I hope you enjoy coding your new feature, but I also hope it will be easy > to permanently disable as graphical booting is a step backwards in my > view. Hey, this is an RFC and this is what it's all about. Appreciate your comment(s). -Chris > > Stephen. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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