Boot screen: Quiet or not?

[Mario Vukelic]

On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 22:54 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> "Confused" users either learn to ignore it or learn to read it. 

No, they stay away if given the choice, and turn to systems that are
perceived as friendlier.

>  Educated users don't have that option when it is obfuscated.

/boot/grub/menu.lst to change it forever. And a good UI for everyone
else that gives meaningful errors when needed and otherwise stays out of
the way.