How important is a live bootsplash or lack thereof?

[Utopia]

The scrolling text only lasts 22 seconds on my computer.
With Plymouth you can't hide it all, instead you get something like 10 seconds of boot messages and 12 seconds of Plymouth.
Besides, scrolling text is an endangered species and ought to be protected.
Henry

[chrispop99]

Spin it; list it as an added value feature to help diagnose potential errors.

Chris

[Jerry3904]

Back to my earlier question: what about using a black screen with a simple text or text sequence? I could imagine, for instance, this newbie-friendly sequence:

Off we go...
Wait for it...
Here it comes...

If colors are possible, would be *fun* to go through a stoplight sequence (R-Y-G) or something. Just the middle one could be used if only a single screen were possible. Best would be the ability to escape it .

[Gaer Boy]

That would be quite amusing - the first time. I would find it infuriating subsequently, so being able to escape it is essential - either ESC or modify the boot options.

Phil

[Jerry3904]

We're talking LIVE here, not installed. Unless I misunderstand something...

On an installed, if my wait-for-it is possible, there might be some options for the user:
--scrolling boot log
--simple black
--any text that s/he wanted to see

[Gaer Boy]

OOps! I knew that, but forgot.

[uncle mark]

Is it preventing some people from using MX? If so, what percentage? Was it a factor in that very negative review we got? If it is turning some people away, are we benefiting from this filter?

LOL. I just caught that last little bit.

In my business, sometimes we "fire" customers. They're the ones you can never make happy, no matter how hard you try.

[ko]

A faster boot of the livecd is (imho) probably more appreciated by users than some bootsplash.
Like said before by chrispop spin the verbose screen output as a feature; don't add more seconds to the bootcycle.

Note:
I have not seen any complaints about 'missing a bootsplash' in the limited number of reviews. Nor any user complaints.

[topcat]

When I started with Mepis and Linux, it was around version 3.4 and the Mepis-based "Point & Click Linux" book by Robin Miller. I remember around that time running a live-cd of a version +/- 3.4 that had a light blue background graphic that at the center had a large Mepis logo, and the scrolling text was in white if I remember correctly. I recall thinking that was pretty cool and wondered how it was done. Anybody else recall something like that?

It was probably something like the verbose mode on this page:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/vectorlinux/v ... uction.htm

but looked a bit more like this:



using a background looking something like this:

[zeeone]

I like the scrolling text, makes the machine look like it is doing something during start up.

You can add what ever pretty picture that you want but, it will take up space for the CD.

Then there is always someone that will not like it and say something about it(remember the upside down jelly fish?).

There is an old west saying; "There is those who will complain even if you hang them with a new rope".