On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 11:49:53AM -0700, Vlad wrote: > > 1) Bootsplash in both LinuxBIOS and bootloader, with a message along > the lines of "Press the Esc key to change boot options".
Bootsplash is overrated :) I very much like VGA text mode, you know where you stand with VGA consoles. > 2) An X.org utility for changing boot order, as opposed to an > ncurses-based one. This allows the user to use the mouse to drag and > drop devices in the list. This alone would place LinuxBIOS ahead of > proprietary BIOSes in terms of usability. YUCK! What would be wrong with a curses utility? ( For those who prefer a bit of bling that is) Really, what is this drive for GUIs. What's wrong with a nice command line utility. If you need a gui to configure and flash your bios, then maybe you shouldn't be touching your bios at all. Luc Verhaegen. X.org driver developer. -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
