Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:34:20 +0100 From: "Peter Jeffery" <peterj@qubesoft.com> To: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project Message-ID: <045a01c54d13$f7f3baf0$fd64a8c0@pete10> References: <4270E7F1.9010502@kutulu.org><20050429005319.GA17799@laptoxa.toxa.lan><60093.216.177.243.35.1114761721.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com><20050429092734.GC43752@laptoxa.toxa.lan> <1151.216.177.243.38.1114815035.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: "Toxa" <postfix@sendmail.ru> Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:50 PM Subject: Re: boot banner project > Fair enough. Just so you can better appreciate *my* personal > preference(s). > I have 30+ servers. All of which originally were running some sort of > M$ > product. It may interest you to know that only *2* of them have M$ on > them > now. Their days are numbered. ;) Now, I do find that "clicking around" > *can* be the most effecient way to accomplish some things. *IF* the > path > to the destination is the shortest. Unfortunately for M$ products, the > newer the product, the *longer* the path - getting things done w/ a > mouse > in M$ requires taking the scenic route. So, having found that FreeBSD > is > by far and away the most *effeciently* functioning OS available. I > naturally chose it for those servers. The fact that I chose it should > say > something for character, no? While what I propose for the boot scrn > does > potentially add some more bits to ones install image. It is *optional* > meaning it is not a requirement. Remember, alot of FBSD installs are > workstations (a place for computer enthusiasts and the likes) that > simply > provide a place to hold their digital toys and eye candy - provide > some > sort of visual stimuli. While this is not "my cup of tea" it is to a > large > number of ppl. > I realize this was a l o n g reply. But I had hopped that we might > have > a better understanding now and not turn this "opinion" into a *huge* > thread. :) If you have a systems room with a good collection of different OS's this gets me thinking about PR for your OS. Do you not want a way to show off to people that the servers are running FreeBSD, obviously the console screen savers do some of this for you, but if somebody sees a server rebooting and it's just a bunch of text scrolling past until you get to a login prompt, then you get nothing. Even just some ASCII art, indicating that it's 'Powered by FreeBSD' gets you PR for the OS for pretty much nothing. There are a lot of people out there, that might use FreeBSD, that use Linux, because they haven't even heard of FreeBSD and I would imagine that a PC that people see booting into something that is not windows will always be assumed to be Linux too, unless it is clearly stated somewhere during boot. Just a mad midnight thought. > -Chris > > P.S. My favorite place is still at the prompt. >
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