Re: [OT] speeding boot process (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001release)

[Jim Crilly]

> Wouldn't it be sufficient to have an applet in your UI (or dialog,
> depending on your preference), which communicates with init and displays
> the final initialization steps?  Don't check your email until it says it has
> started the services for email.

So now instead of watching the boot messages or bootsplash you want to watch 
an icon on the task bar? In both cases you're just sitting and waiting on 
things to start, so why is waiting in one place better than another?

> --
> Chris Larson - kergoth at handhelds dot org
> Linux Software Systems Engineer - clarson at ti dot com
> Core Developer/Architect - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus

Jim.
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