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mailing list.
mdean wrote:
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> I don't care about graphical boot sequences (like a 3d Rendered Pengiun
> shoveling Linux Snow into my machine). But you guys need to acknowledge
> the following when it comes to portability / flexibility/ speed
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> in modern day:
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> more flexibility equals less speed
> more speed equals less flexibility
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> and in the future we have:
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> more speed because of HARDWARE ENGINEERS
> which we can use to due a 3D gui with penguins playing pool on
> startup --- or for real purposes.
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> the trick is:
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> the HARDWARE people should be following the SOFTWARE people around
> not the other way because eventually I believe that hardware and software
> will be ONE.
>
> J. Weatherbee
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> On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, J. Sean Connell wrote:
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> > On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Klaus Lichtenwalder wrote:
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> > > [thoughts and comments on graphical boot sequences deleted]
> >
> > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH.
> >
> > LET THIS THREAD DIE!
> >
> > We discussed this to death five months ago, just before 2.0 came out. Someone
> > made a patch to display a penguin. I know that some of you are diametrically
> > opposed to a GUI boot sequence. I also know that some of you are
> > diametrically opposed to a text boot sequence.
> >
> > GET OVER IT!
> >
> > If I remember the upshot of the discussion the most recent time this has come
> > up, there ain't no way on this Earth that a GUI boot sequence is going to make
> > it into the mainstream Linux kernel, no matter how loudly you may clamor for
> > it. That's the beauty of Linux; if you don't like it, you can lump it, or you
> > can change it to suit your needs/wants/tastes.
> >
> > This particular tangent got us nowhere fast last time except for (indubitably)
> > lots of people mass-unsubscribing from linux-kernel simply to get away from
> > the damned spam.
> >
> > If it weren't for the fact that it'd kill the legitimate discussion I'd like
> > to follow, I'd killfile this subject now and forever (or until the next time
> > it comes up, probably just before Linux {2.2,3.0}? comes out.
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey Connell | Systems Adminstrator, ICONZ
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