Le Mar 12 mars 2013 09:55, drago01 a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:22 PM, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:18:33 -0500 >> Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On 03/11/2013 04:13 PM, seth vidal wrote: >>> > I want to encourage kids, teenagers, etc to explore the OS. We need >>> > them to be involved in CREATING and LEARNING. So I don't want to >>> > scare any of them off. >>> >>> My OLPC does not present any boot menu or prompt. >> >> >> That's not an argument for why we should not present one. It is an >> argument for why they should be. > > Sorry but that's nonsense. Pretty much all other operating systems do > not display the boot loader by default and you see this as a reason > for showing it? Pretty much all other operating systems come preloaded on hardware certified to run under this specific OS version, and pretty much all other operating systems do not experiment with the boot software stack every year. Before hiding safety measures for æsthetics' sake you need to be stable and safe long enough for users to trust you. (hint: long enough is not measured in months) -- Nicolas Mailhot -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel