From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 06:38:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8745F1065673 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 06:38:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdasilva@Greenfield.com) Received: from torontoedge.greenfieldmail.com (torontoedge.greenfieldmail.com [209.226.44.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 556EA8FC18 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 06:38:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdasilva@Greenfield.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:26:03 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Suggestion Thread-Index: AcluNVFBCZOFpQBbSIWdSJX9thuWyg== From: "Ryan da Silva" To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Suggestion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:38:49 -0000 Hello, =20 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. =20 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. =20 If this isn't the right group, and you know how to get in touch with the people who can help, I would greatly appreciate it. =20 Cheers to everyone who has made this great product! =20 Ryan da Silva