On Wed, May 9, 2007 9:28, Manoj Srivastava said: > On Wed, 09 May 2007 02:22:15 +0200, David Härdeman said: >> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:17:55PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> "Hiding information"...I remember when most Linux distros had xconsole >> running in the background in X per default in order not to "hide" >> information, should we readd that as well? > > You mean we no longer have xconsole running in the background? > Geez. I am so glad I did not dumb down my environment by running > the new fangled desktop thingies. > ... > >>> If nothing else, it tells my how much crap I have installed, and has, >>> in the past, induced me to clean up my machine. > >> What kind of argument is this? I can write you a usplash init script >> that prints the output of "dpkg -l" during boot if that's what you >> want. > > I see you have no idea about the kinds of information that is > actually presented during an ordinary boot.
Ironic, considering what you said regarding xconsole above. Besides, I see you avoided the point I was making (i.e. - argumenting that a verbose boot is good for detecting "crap" is quite silly) and instead resorted to an ad hominem argument. -- David Härdeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
