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.Received on Thu Apr 28 2005 - 01:08:08 UTC
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