Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:56:16 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "Ryan da Silva" <rdasilva@greenfield.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion Message-ID: <4ad871310901040256p3b4a5240m9c942b38863a0376@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <FA09A072ACE8AF49A6CE290F00483126015C3E30@CANMSGB.corp.greenfieldnet.com> References: <FA09A072ACE8AF49A6CE290F00483126015C3E30@CANMSGB.corp.greenfieldnet.com>
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On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Ryan da Silva <rdasilva@greenfield.com> wrote: > Hello, > > > > If someone could pass this suggestion on i'd appreciate it. It's going > to sound a little picky, and probably crazy but I'm an honest and > forward person so I'll just say it. > > > > Someone needs to change the FreeBSD boot menu. The way the word/logo > "FreeBSD" is displayed in large font with, ASCII characters, reminds me > of the 1990`s with BBS`s. Don`t get me wrong, I loved the days of the > BBS. But it`s 2009 and FreeBSD is a solid, professional, > enterprise-grade operating system and the silly ASCII logo is the only > thing that says amateur about the product. I would try to make the > change myself for myself, but i am not a programmer. I love this product > and would like to suggest changing that screen. To what? I don't know. > Maybe instead of the large logo simply put "FreeBSD version XXX, copy > right" etc. Or heck, maybe a color bootscreen like GRUB has in Linux > (from what i've seen in Centos/Trixbox). I am not a linux person. I > think FreeBSD is the way for professionals. But the inner perfectionist > in me HAD to send this ridiculous email in hopes to see a change in v > 7.1 RTM. > The FreeBSD community welcomes people making the product better, regardless of what they contribute (source code, documentation, etc.). Why not create a new logo yourself and submit it? -- Glen Barber "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin
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