Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2425 mails)

[tbutler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Timothy R. Butler)]

Kevin,
> If there is an echo off command, or a @ in front of the command
> and/or ulitmately no output is produced then the boot logo boots
> up.

 If I press esc when the Windows logo comes up there is McAfee displaying
it's scanning progress on screen... Could it be that even if there is
output, if echo is off, that Windows ignores it unless you press esc?

> SuSE/Windows Mailing List now!? :)

  Yeah. It's part of that open source Windows thing some people want. SuSE
got a head start on it, watch for Caldera OpenWindows 2000 and RedHat
Windows 6.2 next week. ;-)

> And to comment on Phillip's comments - yeah, the more output the
> better - but its all about choice.  And ultimately, if users/customers
> want it then ... there is a market for it.
> >From what I've read on this list, even knowlegeable(??) users of Linux
> sometimes don't want to see those start up messages, whatever their
> reason is for this.  Sometimes no news is certainly good news.
> And, now some PC manufacturers/BIOS manufacturers are even masking the
> BIOS messages.

  I admit I wouldn't mind it. In away, I think a graphical startup
transitioned into a graphical login looks more "polished" then text. Perhaps
especially people who used DOS and upgraded to Windows 95 (and then switched
to Linux)? My Dell has that BIOS logo you mention.

> My stand on this?  I turn the logos off - but I still like the choice
> of being able to turn it back on.

  I agree with you, I'd probably turn it off, or at least look behind it
often - but it still looks nice, especially a well designed logo.

  -Tim

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