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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: Bootscreen
To: stepan@suse.de (Stefan Reinauer)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 13:55:39 +0000 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <20030128133252.GC23296@suse.de> from "Stefan Reinauer" at Jan 28, 2003 02:32:52 PM
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> > There is a very simple reason why Linux shouldn't have a "bootscreen" - 
> > its a lame idea.
> 
> Then why not make something better instead of denying it completely.

Surely the most sensible lines to think along are:

* Make boot times as short as possible
* Support, and encourage the use of more efficient CPU designs, so
  that it becomes sensible to leave machines on all the time.

Then, the issue of a bootscreen becomes a non-issue.

John.
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