F8 kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 03/09/2008 07:07 PM, David Boles wrote:
> Callum Lerwick wrote:
>> On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 17:41 -0400, David Boles wrote:
>>> I don't think that "Aunt Tillie" should be using a bleeding edge Linux
>>> distribution such as Fedora provides. And if "Nephew Johnie" installs
>>> it
>>> for her and she has problems with it that she can not deal with
>>> herself I
>>> think it is "Nephew Johny's" fault for installing it for her. What do
>>> you
>>> think?
>>
>> I think you missed the point that this is just as painful for Joe Fedora
>> Developer and CS Major as it is Aunt Tillie.
> 
> 
> "just as painful?" Do you mean the error or that "Joe Fedora Developer"
> does not know enough to press a key and select the other kernel to boot? I
> have often wondered why Fedora chooses to hide the other kernel. Maybe
> "Aunt Tillie", with a little help, could see that 'kernel A' does not
> work. Hmm... so maybe I should try 'kernel B'.
> 
> 

The first thing I do after installing Fedora is remove the "hiddenmenu"
line in /etc/grub.conf... why _is_ that the default, anyway??