MC in console

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 19:07 +0000, reynirhs at mi.is wrote:
> So wrote Yury V. Zaytsev:
> 
> > Unfortunately, I have no clue on how to check this out.
> 
> If you are on a Linux computer and see Tux the Wonder Penguin on the
> console screen while the OS is booting, it's a frame-buffered console. They
> use a graphical mode to emulate a text mode.

Are you kidding :-) ? I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and the boot process is
completely hidden behind usplash.
 
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Sincerely yours,
Yury V. Zaytsev