Re: LPP (was: The new X-Kernel !)

[David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>]

If I correctly remember the days when I used NeXTSTEP, there were two boot 
modes.  In graphics mode, there was a status bar.  In verbose (text) mode, 
all the messages appeared.  As the boot started, there was a prompt in 
which you could specify single-user mode, verbose mode, etc.  With no 
specification, after a few seconds it would go ahead and boot.  Also, the 
mode (graphics vs text) could be set via the Preferences capability.

As a software developer, most of the time I didn't want/need the messages 
so I'd let it run in graphics mode.  Of course when the boot had a problem, 
I'd reboot and run it verbose (text) mode.

David

At 08:57 PM 10/21/01, you wrote:
>On Monday 22 October 2001 02:28, you wrote:
> > How would hiding that information make the system "easier to use" ?
>
>Because the majority of people (and especially those who haven't been reached
>by Linux yet) don't care for the messages. They are as interested in boot
>messages as you may be in reading debug information from your DVD player or
>car.
>
>Assuming you have a car with a display for the embedded computer, and you
>don't know anything about its software or hardware, you just want to drive.
>Would you prefer to see lots of cryptic messages when you turn the key, or
>just some simple picture with a progress bar showing you when the system is
>ready?
>IMHO the bar is all you need. Everything else just distracts you from the
>only important thing.
>
>Showing unimportant information is like turning on debug messages that you
>don't need.
>
>bye...
>
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