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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:53:03 +0100
From: "Lars 'Cebewee' Noschinski" <CebeWee@gmx.de>
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To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
CC: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>, wa1hco@adelphia.net ((jeff millar)),
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Subject: Re: Scaring the non-geeks (was Bootscreen)
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Roy wrote:
[Bootscreen]
> I don't know about you, but most non-technical people DO NOT LIKE verbose
> messages they can't understand. My father was scared by the linux bootup when 
> I installed Linux on their PC. I beleive most non-techies like the 'windows 
> is now hopefully starting' screen. It shields the info they don't want.
>
> So please - don't scare the 'normal' people with (in their eyes) verbose crap.

Till Windows Me, every Windows user got textmode messages at boot time.
And they survived it.




-- 
CU Lars

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