From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HZWAM-0008Pt-QK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:54:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l35HrJVQ001041; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:53:19 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l35HmtRR028853 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:48:56 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9407764DE0 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:48:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.811 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.811 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.137, PLING_QUERY=0.326] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cDC8TFyjfEo1 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:48:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3192064A0F for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:48:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HZW4a-0002gB-P2 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:48:36 +0200 Received: from c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([76.17.159.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:48:36 +0200 Received: from grante by c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:48:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!? Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20070404041739.GA15293@crowfix.com> <20070404160017.GC10689@crowfix.com> <4613D5E0.4010507@ep.mine.nu> <2235314.a5vYndrTxF@kn.gn.rtr.message-center.info> <20070405153531.0ff4cd0f@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <20070405163944.11024eef@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Sender: news Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 5e630b4c-83ac-4df0-a346-a698323d64c3 X-Archives-Hash: e3ce1a0aa6835b93acfddccf5f4f8ada On 2007-04-05, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:45:15 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> > Those particular colours are less useful, because they are designed >> > for a black background, >> >> But the default background on terminals under X has always been >> white (at least as long as I remember). Are there really a lot >> of Gentoo users who just run on the console and don't use X? > > Until recently, it was all Gentoo users, since the installation was done > fro a virtual console. Nah. I almost always do 90% of the install from an aterm (with a white bacground). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Life is a POPULARITY at CONTEST! I'm REFRESHINGLY visi.com CANDID!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list