From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 10:56:19 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 2EF1F106564A for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 10:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f19.google.com (mail-bw0-f19.google.com [209.85.218.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4718FC1E for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 10:56:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so18752073bwz.19 for ; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:56:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JIwFC5PrcbwTFu4mf+iskSD+Rea8+uK1fZz3xNnasH0=; b=meebufrK1gcZCiXtiOeZnutUwbsHAwZOoOvL60f5xeVQbdGABTen3LPczhdc7lp00F 9QUVBKJI/4Pb+1C8btDVH+fCay07Wv0xknDCaMT6SigvhOqkFY6WUbbYpDImjKk7ZJ35 VWZLGKemf9r4bKsLoBZNpy+IRl+u6dIn1GY3o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=CEeffyqfYH+YJWakG/oafYQKDIq/TyH/O/LriszUX3wEkgQ7kzhUf9e7jrFwjOj3ce FkyI9+yXUlNO+QiOL533PXg6PYiIlghbZy82d0dJyffGnEQwLYYQ97cZUWx4QQt4hcuP ZNlJOXUFNB8nUEGZH9Z3m/4iYp7RKo6e7RzdU= Received: by 10.223.108.15 with SMTP id d15mr5372019fap.105.1231066576824; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:56:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.109.80 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:56:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310901040256p3b4a5240m9c942b38863a0376@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:56:16 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Ryan da Silva" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 10:56:19 -0000 On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Ryan da Silva 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