Luc Verhaegen wrote:
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 11:49:53AM -0700, Vlad wrote:
- Bootsplash in both LinuxBIOS and bootloader, with a message along
the lines of "Press the Esc key to change boot options".
Bootsplash is overrated :)
I very much like VGA text mode, you know where you stand with VGA consoles.
Yes, but who wants to see a text console on their brand new pda, embedded pc, or carpc? I personally like text console as well, but gotta think about end users too. Bootsplash should be an option, IMO, but I don't much care for the idea of a bios setup option, it would take up too much space and be too much of a hassle to deal with. LinuxBIOS is not Award/Phoenix/AMI BIOS, and shouldn't have to emulate them. When LinuxBIOS is used in embedded products, it should never need to have any setup options changed. If it's used on a desktop system, lxbios should be available, and there should be a fallback option in place should something go wrong, such as a payload for booting from USB, etc. Just my 2 cents.
Really, what is this drive for GUIs. What's wrong with a nice command line utility.
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X.org driver developer.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who finds this ironic :p
-Corey