Next is the boot screen, we're currently using the bootsplash loader, although this will go to "gensplash" in the next version. If you need more detail or things don't go according to plan, you can press F2 at any time for more detail.

If all goes well, the next thing you'll see will be the login screen.

If you're feeling brave and you do press F2, this is the sort of thing you're likely to see going on behind the scenes ...

This window is showing off rhe new local hard drive detection in conjunction with the new gthumb package. Plug in your digital camera and assuming it's supported, this is what it looks like.

Another example of the local hard drive detection, this time showing two volumes mounted, one of which (the open window) is a current Windows XP SP2 filessystem from a multi-boot machine. Note that NTFS filesystems are mounted read-only for safety and you need to be either "root" or in the "disk" group to be able to access.