2011/12/17 Florian Hubold <doktor5...@arcor.de>: > Am 17.12.2011 11:26, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: >> 2011/12/17 Sander Lepik <sander.le...@eesti.ee>: >>> 17.12.2011 12:10, Wolfgang Bornath kirjutas: >>>> I really beg to think the whole matter over again, at least until it is >>>> mature enough to be implemented in cauldron for practical test. >>> People will get used to it rather fast. >> May be yes, may be no. I'm thinking about those computer adepts who >> have spent 10-15 years with the Ctrl-Alt-F1 combo, is it so easy to >> change a grown habit which is like the "Red = Stop!" paradigma? I'm >> thinking also about all those who spend time with different distros, >> having to change one of the most common procedures just for Mageia. >> I'm thinking of rather new Linuxers who follow advice in documentation >> - ALL docs on the net talk about Ctrl-Alt-F1, all generic books like >> Linux in a Nutshell or others talk about Ctrl-Alt-F1. >> >> So, my question is whether a second's flickering during startup really >> justifies such a strong change? >> > Well, maybe you haven't heard of the related problems yet: > https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata#Xserver_crashes
Of course I read that part of the Errata but did not relate it to the matter of this thread - how could I as a non-developer? The relation has not been mentioned in the errata. As I wrote in my first mail I am not really against this change if there is a reason. There seems to be a reason (as you say), so it's ok. But still I think all open questions (especially the one about the situation of a crashing or failing x server) need to be addressed before the change is made in cauldron to be tested by a broader userbase. And I still think it needs to be announced all over the place when the change will be implemented. About the question how hard it is to press another key: not hard. But the Ctrl-Alt-F1 has been a standard in ALL distributions and ALL documentations (even in the generic books about "Learning Linux"), a standard like the SAA menue standard ("File" on the left, "Help" on the right) or the "F1 opens Help" standard. Therefore changing this is a bit more than usual changes between versions. -- wobo