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
