From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 19:04:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB6816A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:04:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D44943D31 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:04:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (dsl-213-023-193-017.arcor-ip.net [213.23.193.17]) by mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 429645896E; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:04:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3RJ4T3T073803 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:04:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) From: Michael Nottebrock To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:04:24 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <51866.216.177.243.42.1114613062.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <1072.172.16.0.199.1114624239.squirrel@172.16.0.1> In-Reply-To: <1072.172.16.0.199.1114624239.squirrel@172.16.0.1> X-Face: &(V'^l=:*d7|\iZQZf^:4Pno1.8.ETkKo9kL3CtXal:; =*IW@TSRxh}@=?utf-8?q?*E=7Cj5VeXU=26iZ=5Fj=0A=09/uuW?=)iq#cTd?Q/zN^=C9&O7fUAReAFmJJy4DMW.yaVS9*Gmtv)4-Sn;71L?gCH.XN>=?utf-8?q?=5F=7E=5CI=0A=0989=3A?=><[=7|XpQN"qcChh}Y9l;f=fw>fcNC?j(iR6"WSWaPEF/gFc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2064066.a9C9PmivLj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200504272104.29245.lofi@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: Mike Jakubik cc: /dev/null cc: Ryan Sommers Subject: Re: boot banner project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:04:38 -0000 --nextPart2064066.a9C9PmivLj Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 27. April 2005 19:50, Mike Jakubik wrote: > On Wed, April 27, 2005 10:44 am, /dev/null said: > > With 30+ servers, I do alot of that as well. But it has always bothered > > me for some reason that Linux has always had their flashy boot screens. > > While FBSD has not. It was sort of like Linux thumbing it's nose at me. > > So, I felt like I'd like to start contributing to FBSD and this seemed > > like an easy place to start. Later, something more advanced (and useful= ). > > > > Thanks for the link! It should prove very useful. > > Personally, i prefer the current fbsd boot process over the linux flashy > ones. Its useless bloat, that wont impress any serious audience. The flashy linux boot splashs and related stuff are just byproducts of some= =20 very good, pretty versatile and, in the case of embedded appliances often=20 mission-critical framebuffer support. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart2064066.a9C9PmivLj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCb+I9Xhc68WspdLARAhvvAKCRePramTb3Ce3FZ939fwEtfmKHmgCgj2vd +umgKAAdGrjWSYkiqB6sSUI= =EEvF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2064066.a9C9PmivLj--