Re: Show Details on Bootup

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On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 04:10, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 20:47 1/1/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi there, maybe it's just me, but why use the graphical boot at all?
> >I just uninstalled the rpm and if you still want a graphical login you
> >just set initdefault:5 in /etc/inittab.... (which you probably allready
> >have...)
> 
> A graphical boot sequence, and booting into a graphical user interface, are 
> two entirely different things.
> 
I'm totally aware of that...I was just pointing out that he didn't have
to let that go because he used text-mode boot...

> I am personally delighted that the graphical boot is finally maturing (and 
> waiting for a graphical shutdown to keep it company). Several 
> computer-illiterate users have commented to me that watching all that 
> cryptic text flying across the screen scares them and has convinced them 
> (just from that one little detail) that Linux is for computer-savvy people 
> only since it /must/ be difficult to understand all that.
> 
I agree with you on that too, most people will find it much slicker
looking than the text-mode, even if I personally prefers the text...

Sturla




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