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From: Morgan Christiansson <mcn0816@×××××××.se>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] boot pretty
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:48:19
Message-Id: 3A5CCA74.1020100@mobigym.se
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] boot pretty by drobbins@gentoo.org
1 drobbins@g.o wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 11:55:38AM +0100, Morgan Christiansson wrote:
4 >
5 >> Nooo! Make it like this:
6 >>
7 >
8 >
9 > Hi 'Mog! :)
10 >
11 > Does anyone want to look into hacking the bootscreen code and write a little 3d
12 > code so that we can have a transparent glenzed 3d polgon rotating at 60fps
13 > while the system boots? :)
14 >
15 > Let's forget all this sissy bootscreen stuff and create the first megademo
16 > install CD :)
17 >
18 > Best Regards,
19
20 Hmm, i remember how super l33t the Command & Conquer (first one,
21 tiberian dawn) installation program was. I reinstalled it several times
22 just to show my friend's how cool it was.
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24 Now wouldn't it be cool to have such a thing for an O/S?
25
26 And why stop there, we could even have sound support for soundblaster
27 cards! (or if we try different modules a wide range of sound cards).
28
29 I made enoch or if it was redhat/mandrake start mpg123 while booting
30 once, very nice. :)
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32
33 And about the 3D stuff, is there 3D support for fbdev? Maybe some Mesa3D
34 software rendering or something?
35
36 At least there's GTK for fbdev.
37
38 --
39 Morgan Christiansson

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