On Tue Nov 13, 2001 at 03:04:22AM +0100, Han wrote: > > Ugh. Please, no. > > > I had enough ANSI art when I ran my BBS for many years... since I > > terminated it a year and a half ago, I would really like to progress > > beyond ANSI art. Come up with a complete hires framebuffer login with > > good graphics and people will be more pleased than with some cheezy > > ansi junk. > > > My $0.02CAN, but I think linux_logo is cool *without* the logos. Good > > tool, logos suck. And considering you can only do so much with ANSI, > > let's just spare ourselves the pain of looking at a variety of ugly > > login screens. > > Ow come on they are groovy: How bout this one? > > > , , > /( )` > \ \___ / | > /- _ `-/ ' > (/\/ \ \ /\ > / / | ` \ > O O ) / | > `-^--'`< ' > (_.) _ ) / > `.___/` / > `-----' / > <----. __ / __ \ > <----|====O)))==) \) /==== > <----' `--' `.__,' \ > | | > fL \ / > ______( (_ / \______ > ,' ,-----' | \ > `--{__________) \/ > >
Ok, granted, this one looks alright. But, then again, we're running Linux and not FreeBSD... =) I still really think the idea of any ansi/ascii stuff prior to the login is just plain ugly and unprofessional. I would much rather see stats on the system (ie. use linux_logo to produce a nice display of uptime, bogomips, load average, CPU/RAM info, etc.). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD - Danen Consulting Services www.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org - MandrakeSoft, Inc. Security www.linux-mandrake.com Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-31.1mdk uptime: 14 days 7 hours 11 minutes.
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