From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 10:51:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 680) id ADC2516A407; Sun, 13 May 2007 10:51:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 10:51:48 +0000 From: Darren Reed To: Kian Mohageri Message-ID: <20070513105148.GA32859@hub.freebsd.org> References: <464464BB.3090100@freebsd.org> <20070511152646.g6n5r7k2tcw00ow4@webmail.leidinger.net> <464476D3.3090001@freebsd.org> <4645173A.2040008@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 13 May 2007 11:29:25 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup (revisited) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 10:51:48 -0000 On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:14:11PM -0700, Kian Mohageri wrote: .... > I don't mean to be the Debbie Downer of the list, but I'm not crazy about > the addition just because I like simplicity. I know it's off by default and > all, but > it reminds me a whole lot of linux startup (Gentoo, specifically, but I dont > remember where this originated) and I'm more fond of FBSD's as it looks more > professional. I believe what you're referring to started with HP-UX 10 where it didn't just scroll up the screen, but rather it went through in "pages". It is just something else Linux "copied". Darren