As the book illustrates, there is a lot of boiler-plate code required in order to setup timers and determine the current progress of the animation.

正如书中所指出，为了设置定时器和确定动画的当前进度，需要编写大量必不可少却又一再重复的代码。

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A lot of the system setup utilities are most accessible through X, but they can take a long time to run.

许多系统设置工具都可以通过X访问，但是运行的时间很长。

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What we want is a way to get the kernel loaded without waiting for the BIOS to do a lot of the setup that the kernel is about to do — and do faster, better, and probably more reliably.

我们希望要的是一种不用等待BIOS来做大量有关内核的工作就可以加载内核的方法——这样可以更快、更好、更可靠地完成引导过程。

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Plan to spend a lot of time initially on setup.

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Automating the setup and configuration of the grid eliminates a lot of manual tweaking, Shalom says.

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The bottom line for now is that the remote is mostly just used during the optional TV-based setup (not optional if you choose to use WiFi), but there is a lot of potential here.

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