Hoary Bootsplash

[lao_V]

Michael Scottaline Wrote: 
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:51:12 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez
> <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> > > The Hoary Goals wiki page says it's deferred to post-Hoary.
> > > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HoaryGoals
> > 
> > Oh no... :o(
> > 
> > Next question is : will Hoary come with everything needed for people
> to
> > make the "normal"/"old fashioned" boot splash, like the one in
> Mandrake
> > of the Warty live CD.
> > 
> > A few month back, I was told that Warty DOES NOT allow for boot
> splash
> > at all   ! IIRC, something to do with the kernel lacking sometihng.
> > 
> > So hopefully, hoary's Kernel will come with everything it needs to
> make
> > a boot splash.
> > Also, would be great if someone knowledgeable in this domain, could
> > write a "How to" implement bootspash in Hoary, with a step by step
> > procedure on how to patch the kernel, if need be.
> > Could someone do that ??
> =========================
> Just curious.  Absoutely no sarcasm intended, but..., of what possible
> use is a boot splash?  What function does it perform?  Am I missing
> something?  If a boot splash is what I think it is, it sounds like a
> waste of programmer resources (`less someone's just -scratching an
> itch-).  Does it actually have a use to some of us that I'm
> missing?
> Peace,
> Mike
> 
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It serves the purpose of being more 'user friendly', in the same way
as having a GUI instead of CLI


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