It isn't a standard; it is just something Windows does, and it has a specific meaning: don't auto run non essential software, but otherwise you get a normal desktop. That is not at all the same thing as recovery mode, which gives you a text menu allowing you to fsck the root filesystem or drop to a root shell with the root filesystem still mounted read-only.
I think that trying to use Microsoft terms for things that are at best, vaguely similar, just for the sake of sounding familiar to Windows users is a mistake, but that's just my opinion. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240360 Title: Rename boot option from "recovery mode" to "safe mode" in GRUB menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/grub/+bug/1240360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
