On 05/31/2018 03:36 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
what we should be going for is a
completely smooth transition between the BIOS logo and the login screen,
with no flashing back to text mode.
Should we? Yes, I get that looks nice, but it can be at the cost of
functionality. In the end, I sit in front of computer to do work, not
be entertained by pretty things, especially the lowly boot process.
That's like bragging about how cool the spark plugs look in your new car.
I am pretty sure that's the end
goal here and hiding the grub menu by default is just a step in that
direction.
I'm sure it is. That's the unfortunate, inexorable trend. And I'd be
totally okay with this ... if only I never had the problems that make
these changes more painful. Unfortunately, those problems are just as
frequent as ever (and likely always will be when running against such
diverse hardware) but the barrier to resolve them keeps getting more
challenging. That's a terrible trade-off IMHO for what amounts to
nothing than aesthetics. Apple can get away with this because the own
platform top to bottom. We don't have that luxury.
if they want, revert) a changed default
Again, this only applies to a system that once worked where you can make
that change. When fighting a borked system where the install fails this
isn't an option.
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