Will there be a boot splash like the one in suse, mandrake?

[Alexander Antoniades]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:08:24 -0500, jdong <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> An X-based solution would be prettiest and the most efficient. It would
> be cool, too, if the graphicalboot X can transition over to GDM without
> the need to zap X. I have seen cases where a quick zap-n-restart of X
> freezes NVidia cards. (of course, those were with framebuffer on! LOL)

>From my experience there are currently two methods. There is
bootsplash and the RedHat X loader. The problem with bootsplash is
that messages are all or nothing, but the RedHat method it will only
show you problem messages which is the better approach. But, I think,
the RedHat method depends on X working correctly, which can be
problematic.

Now the Canocial folks were talking about their cool bootup stuff even
before ubuntu had a name. usplash
http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/HoaryHedgehog_2fusplash sounds like it
will be the best of both worlds. Let's hope it gives us the best of
both worlds!