Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:47:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:47:36 -0500 Received: from 169.imtp.Ilyichevsk.Odessa.UA ([195.66.192.169]:47625 "EHLO Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:47:34 -0500 Message-Id: <200301291448.h0TEmAs18379@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Denis Vlasenko Reply-To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua To: Balram Adlakha , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bootscreen Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:46:53 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <200301290318.20817.b_adlakha@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <200301290318.20817.b_adlakha@softhome.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 28 January 2003 23:48, Balram Adlakha wrote: > though i have recently subscribed to this list (OMG, 30 mails/hour!), > I've read the whole thread about this bootscreen thing... I see > absolutely _no_ reason why it should not be included in the kernel > configuration, since there are patches available already to make it > work, and there are already soo many useless options that adding > another won't make a difference... Many people will choose to stay > away from it, including me, but those users coming from the windows > world are scared out of their wits when they see the kernel booting, > and I've seen it myself... Yeah, dude, let's dumb down our users... don't allow them to become curious and start learning. Grown up, mature people are scared when they see letters and numbers on the screen? On what planet am I? And if someone *is* scared and totally non-curious, well... do you want to have such a user? /me not. -- vda - 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/