On Wednesday, 27. April 2005 19:50, 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 it's 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). > > > > Thanks for the link! It should prove very useful. > > Personally, i prefer the current fbsd boot process over the linux flashy > ones. Its useless bloat, that wont impress any serious audience. The flashy linux boot splashs and related stuff are just byproducts of some very good, pretty versatile and, in the case of embedded appliances often mission-critical framebuffer support. -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi_at_freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org
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