On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 09:34 -0400, John.Florian@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > From: Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I'm sure there were a bunch of sorry whiners > > missing verbose text boot scrolling by their screen by default, in > > favor of graphical boot. > > Or perhaps those "whiners" consider themselves responsible employees > by being diligent in understanding what "normal and correct" looks > like so that they can recognize when something is going south and > maybe doing something to avert a crisis before it occurs. And maybe they are wrong, we'll never know ... > I swear that every time I read about how boot (or other) is so > unaesthetic I really have to wonder if people are actually using their > system as a tool to do work, or if they're merely playing with them as > a novelty. Not that there's anything wrong such play, but please stop > trying polish the appearance at the expense of functionality for those > who see them only as tool. > So let me allow to make a parallel. You go working every day wearing work clothes like these [1] because you see them only as a tool and you need to get work done ? An obviously caring about appearance as well as functionality or as a compromise is wrong, right ? Simo. [1] http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PWiGSr3ymuw/TpnXBp-z0VI/AAAAAAAAD34/mMosookklVY/s1600/workclothes-01.jpg -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
