In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:00:49 +0000
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 20 December 2006 19:11 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:50:50 +0000
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>>> First there's this mockup:
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28313023@N00/327762113/
>>>
>>> Here are some more links:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SlickBoot
>>>
>>> Apparently it could make it into Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04). It's
>>> hardware-accelerated. ATi/Nvidia drivers will probably have been in place
>>> by then (out of the box).
>>>
>>> Other work from the same guy:
>>>
>>> http://macslow.thepimp.net/?page_id=18
>>> http://macslow.thepimp.net/projects/lowfat/preview-1.swf
>>> http://macslow.thepimp.net/projects/lowfat/preview-1.ogg
>>
>> Hm. Maybe I'm getting old but I for one fail to see the point.
>> I like the notion of making it more robust and the delineations
>> clearer, though, but that's about it.
>
> That's because you're a pragmatic adult.
Not to mention pedantic. :-)
> Others fancy the eye candy (and will
> most likely shut down/log off frequently). I rarely see GRUB and I sometimes
> wonder why I thought about customising/hacking. I've stipped many things
> off, including UI animations...
>
I might consider customizing GRUB (Gentoo's done something
with it) so as to allow unique machine identification for
OEM resale, but that's about it.
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