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Re:Announcing flicker-free boot for Fedora 29 by NeedMoreTea on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:33PM (#18127244)
I imagine most would simply like to turn it on and get a prompt right away, like used to happen with a C64.

A ridiculous amount of modern products have gained a boot sequence that should not need one, and didn't used to. Hiding it doesn't fix the real issue.

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Re:Announcing flicker-free boot for Fedora 29 by bmn__ on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:08AM (#18130320)
Things are possible if one puts one's mind to it.

five seconds, year 2008: https://lwn.net/Articles/299483/

two seconds, year 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUUtZjd6UA4&t=17

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