Improving the Fedora boot experience

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:55:30 +0100
Alec Leamas <leamas.alec at gmail.com> wrote:


> Fine with me, but don't forget to  have a hint to this key visible e. 
> g.,  "Press F1 to..." in some corner. Current
> policy that user  just should know the key is not that good IMHO.
> After all, this is the first screen a newcomer
> meets. And thisis not only about the initial grub boot but also the 
> "main" boot process (and screen)  that follows.


I really do like the idea of a line which says:

"Press <some key> to see what's going on right now"

It creates a learning opportunity for new users and a relatively benign
way to present this info.

-sv