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I think the comparison with Grub is a little unfair--if you look at a distro like OpenSUSE[1], the grub screen actually looks very good. You still can't use the
by tikhonj 15y ago
I think the comparison with Grub is a little unfair--if you look at a distro like OpenSUSE[1], the grub screen actually looks very good. You still can't use the mouse, but I would happily trade speed for that, especially since using the keyboard to select the right system is easier and faster anyhow.
[1]: http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~tikhon/openSUSE-grub.jpg http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~tikhon/openSUSE-grub.jpg
That said, I'm really happy that people are moving towards prettier interfaces everywhere. Why don't distros like Ubunutu or Fedora do the same?
- bp_ 15y agoActually that's a comparison I meant Grub to win. To reiterate and clarify: if the price to have all the bells and whistles of the Win8 bootloader is to have it take as much time to load as the entire damn operative system you're loading in the first place I'll prefer the very basic and functional interface of Grub immediately.
- rbanffy 15y agoI agree - this comparison is not exactly fair. The labels on Grub are defined in the grub config file - it's perfectly possible to make them less cryptic. Also, good luck trying to make the Windows bootloader load anything other than Windows.