Re: boot banner project

> 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.
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