Re: Improving the Fedora boot experience

Kalvin Lee <kalvinist273@xxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:45:06 -0700



    I too like the current bootloader. Admittedly, in the interest of
    "average" users (like me) the described idea doesn't sound too bad.
    I for one don't pay much attention to which kernel I'm booting; I
    just select the most recent one. 

    
    On the other hand, sacrificing functionality for prettiness is
    rarely a good thing in my book. I suggest we instead give people choices
    as opposed to forcing defaults - what's not broken shouldn't be
    changed at this point, and if people want to modify their
    bootloaders, the least we can do is make it a little easy for them.
    Some prepackaged solutions with well-written documentation should be
    enough to pacify most people, I think? 

    
    On 03/11/2013 02:13 PM, Lynn Dixon
      wrote:

    
      I actually like the current bootloader, and
        plymouth loading screen.  Having a bland, grey interface that
        only shows me high level information such as "Fedora, Windows 8"
        etc is not my idea of progress.  It also give me instant view
        into which kernel version I am booting.  I admit I sometimes get
        a kernel update without noticing it until I boot and see it in
        the grub menu.
        
          
        I just dont see the point of changing a functional
          bootloader interface to be plain and gray.  Nor do I see the
          point of getting rid of the Fedora logo / plymouth filling in,
          in favor of bland "spiny thing".
        

        I am in agreement with the previous replier: My
          first reaction would be to curse the person whom changed a
          functional bootloader into a whack-a-mole attempt to find out
          what the heck is going on.
      
      
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