Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:02:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:02:46 -0500 Received: from stroke.of.genius.brain.org ([206.80.113.1]:24506 "EHLO stroke.of.genius.brain.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:02:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:12:03 -0500 From: "Murray J. Root" To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Scaring the non-geeks (was Bootscreen) Message-ID: <20030129141203.GA1202@Master.Wizards> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <200301281440.h0SEeBS8001126@darkstar.example.net> <200301291409.57213.roy@karlsbakk.net> <1043846348.11513.2.camel@oubop4.bursar.vt.edu> <1043848700.11095.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1043848700.11095.2.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 02:58:21PM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > > How do positive terms such as OK or YES scare people? > > Goblodoing the frungled devil [OK] > Escraping various gunfred [OK] > Erasing sdfjebr documents [OK] > > .. ad nauseum > > now who's scared ? > Seems to me the best place to do the graphical thing is at the distro. Mandrake has been messing with GUI bootscreens for a few versions, now, and while I haven't been excited by the results I think it's the right place. My only reason for not liking Mandrake's screens is that I *like* plain text. The distros will want to tailor the screens themselves, anyway, so let em do the code, too. -- Murray J. Root - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/