White-on-black terminal should be default

[Scott James Remnant]

On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 13:22 +0100, Fred . wrote:

> Everybody knows that a terminal has white text on black background.
> 
Everybody knows that the bikeshed is green.


Seriously, there's a whole tab of preferences devoted to letting you
pick what colour you want your terminals.  You can have them lurid pink
on green if you like.

The default is the way it is because it provides the best contrast on
the majority of screens (TFTs, LCDs, etc.)

Scott
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