Improving the Fedora boot experience

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Björn Persson <bjorn at xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> wrote:
> Or nothing at all displayed unless the user happens to know to press some key at the
> right moment?

A multiboot system needs at least a message to inform the user how to get to the boot manager (the GRUB menu). A Fedora only system probably should entirely suppress the menu or notice how to get to it.


On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> I think we forgot to turn it off on F18 for some reason.

The menu has been displayed by default since F16, with the switch to GRUB2.


On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Ryan Lerch <rlerch at redhat.com> wrote:
> IIRC, in f17, the GRUB screen was not visible. (you could still press f11 to bring it up if you needed it to). Does anyone know why this behaviour changed?

Esc since at least GRUB 2.00 final, maybe slightly before that.


On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:02 PM, seth vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> 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.

As a Mac user who did go down the GRUB rabbit hole, I sorta wish I had those brain cells returned. OK maybe the brain cells lost were weaklings anyway, but the time lost I definitely would like to have back. A battery acid cocktail would be a kinder, faster way to get rid of enemies.


On Mon, 11.03.13 12:58, Matthias Clasen (mclasen at redhat.com) wrote:
> - Switch to a simple spinner for the plymouth theme
> This theme is available in plymouth today:
> https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/system-lock-login-boot/boot.png


If it weren't for the darker gray background, I'd easily mistake this for OS X booting.


Chris Murphy