Linked by Rahul on Fri 31st Oct 2008 16:08 UTC
Back in July we shared Red Hat's intentions to replace RHGB with Plymouth, a new graphical boot process that is able to benefit from the latest Linux graphics capabilities. Red Hat engineers had primarily designed Plymouth around a forthcoming feature we've talked about quite a bit known as kernel mode-setting, which provides end-users with a cleaner and flicker-free boot experience. In September in The State of Kernel Mode-Setting we then shared more information on Plymouth along with a brief video. Most recently we published another video of Plymouth that shows the tighter integration between the boot process and starting the GNOME Display Manager. Today though we are looking at Plymouth and its different plug-ins along with providing a few more videos.
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2007-05-05
Come on. I see my system's boot screen for a couple of seconds, once a day. If it flickers or not, big deal.
There are *way* more important parts of the system that need reworking that should have higher priority.
Just my $0.02
I agree. But they're trying to target Linux based operating systems at the unwashed masses. The unwashed masses are complete drooling idiots that have no clue about pretty much anything. It is not about improving anything, it is just about looking "cool".