Re: My Wishlist and strategic thinking for v2.4

[Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@daldata.no>]

[bootup messages...]
> Why would Joe average need this information at all? I think, that we only
> should output messages that indicate problems, nothing else, such as
> 'Warning: couldn't connect to a network' or similar.

I don't think so.  These fabled "Joe Average" types might not
grasp much of the startup messages, but they wouldn't worry about
them *at all*, well not after the first two boots or so.
It would just be "those lines that scroll by when I turn on the pc."

There are plenty of text from the bios anyway, and even windows 
can produce several screenfuls of text inbetween displaying
the silly clouds.  I don't see anybody running away screaming because
of that - don't underestimate the users.  They won't be scared
by a few lines.

And they might prove useful too.  If your'e linux tech support
and some Joe calls in and says "it hangs - the penguin display
just sit there forever!" wouldn't you rather want something like
"it hangs, those silly messages doesn't scroll like usual, and
the last one is  Probing PCI devices  or some such".

Helge Hafting  



 


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