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Boot Screen

Postby CutRightSharpening » May 23rd, '14, 00:50

How about an explanation of the bottom 3 items?

The 1st 4 I understand.

Thanks.
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I put myself in the shoes of an 78 year old widow. Her 25" analog TV is connected to an external antenna by an HD-Analog converter. Her phone isn't even a "feature" phone. She gets internet through dial-up. So I don't do terminal stuff.
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Re: Boot Screen

Postby xxblx » May 23rd, '14, 01:12

Boot Mageia 4 == "Load Mageia with latest installed kernel".
Bottom 3 items allow to load Mageia with kernel from item's name. So, "desktop 3.12.8-2.mga4" mean "Load Mageia with 3.12.8-2.mga4 desktop kernel".
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Re: Boot Screen

Postby CutRightSharpening » May 23rd, '14, 01:21

So, kind of an undated automatic back-up??
I put myself in the shoes of an 78 year old widow. Her 25" analog TV is connected to an external antenna by an HD-Analog converter. Her phone isn't even a "feature" phone. She gets internet through dial-up. So I don't do terminal stuff.
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Re: Boot Screen

Postby xxblx » May 23rd, '14, 01:30

Not at all.
When you install new kernel package (for example, you receive it with updates) old kernels doesn't removes. So, if you will have troubles with new kernel, you able to load Mageia with previous kernels by additional items in boot menu (bottom 3 items on your screenshot).
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