Removing System Consoles from Fedora

[Aldo Foot]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Rahul Sundaram
<sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Aldo Foot wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue143
>>>>>
>>>>> This week Announcements trumpets the arrival of a new version of Bodhi,
>>>>> the freeze of Rawhide and some essential reading on the new package
>>>>> keys. In Developments we shock you with
>>>>> "Non-X System Consoles to be  Removed".
>>>>
>>>> What is the point of removing the System Consoles?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Does this mean removing the console at ctrl-alt-F1?
>>
>> That's what I've gathered so far.
>
> You have gathered incorrectly. This whole thread is based on misconceptions.
> Read
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-September/msg01417.html
>
> This is nothing new and how some other distributions have done things for
> several years now. Move on folks.
>
> Rahul
>

Thanks for the clarification. I'll have to keep an eye on the fedora-devel-list.

Using a kernel framebuffer is a great idea for working with a
minimized X Windows environment.
Good thing the 'nomodeset' option is there, otherwise
newbies may have a tough time understanding kernel/video options
to make the new concept work.
But as you say it's nothing new. There are some troubleshooting utilities
that use a few floppies to start a windows/gui environment and they work
fine.

~af