Improving the Fedora boot experience

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 11, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Björn Persson <bjorn at xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> wrote:

> Chris Murphy wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> What if I need to revert to the previous kernel, or add some kernel
> parameter to get the system up enough to solve some boot problem?

This is debugging territory, not normal usage. You need a key to press to cause the boot manager menu to be displayed. That's my expectation. Not to end up in debug territory when nothing is wrong, which should be the majority case. If your primary task involves debugging, it's reasonable for you to change the default hide menu behavior so that you always see if if you wish. Subjecting most users to this experience for a  production quality OS is unreasonable.


Chris Murphy