[PATCH-RFC] Overhaul the boot scripts for faster boot

Chia-I Wu olv at openmoko.org
Thu Nov 20 04:45:25 CET 2008


On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:03:02PM -0200, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> > -  exquisite \
> > -  exquisite-themes \
> > -  exquisite-theme-freerunner \
> Exquisite's been given the boot ! I think this will be the most hotly
> welcomed feature removal of the year ;-))
Exquisite is gone for now because

* It takes several seconds to start, which occupies 30 percent of the
  time from entering userspace to X switches VT.

* The transition to X is not good enough.

If we start X really early, we could also try exquisite over X, or
simply use enlightenment's splash screen.

-- 
Regards,
olv



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