Introducing BootSelector, GUI utility to set grub default boot entry (github.com)
from mfat@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 04:31
https://lemmy.ml/post/23487269

BootSelector is a tiny GUI utility for setting any grub menu entry as default.

It also allows you to reboot into any OS/kernel in your grub menu.

The initial version has been tested on the latest Ubuntu 24.10 and should work on other Debian-based distributions as well.

An RPM for fedora will be released soon after more testing is done.

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superkret@feddit.org on 12 Dec 04:40 next collapse

I feel like this yast been done before.

original_reader@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 05:35 collapse

System configuration with OpenSuse’s Yast seems miles ahead of all the others (at least those I have tested 🙃).

It doesn’t look particularly nice. German functionality over design. And that it does well. One can do A LOT with it. Plus it’s free even in Tumbleweed.

mfat@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 06:14 collapse

You’re tempting me to give it another try after over a decade. I used to daily drive Opensuse with KDE 3.5

original_reader@lemm.ee on 12 Dec 18:23 collapse

Go for it.

  • fantastic installer
  • stable even if you use the rolling release (absolutely solid if you pick Leap)
  • fantastic out of the box experience (usually GNOME for me)

… and so forth. I don’t get paid to write this. 😄

More on this.

user_naa@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 09:58 next collapse

Grub customizer can do much more and was made a lot time ago

Frederic@beehaw.org on 12 Dec 12:59 next collapse

Mx has a built-in app for this

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Railison@aussie.zone on 12 Dec 13:31 next collapse

With the Reboot Into Selected, will this modify the next boot only without changing the default?

mfat@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 13:44 collapse

Yes, it only reboots into the selected entry ONCE without changing the default one.

ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org on 12 Dec 15:08 collapse

does it use efibootmgr? if so,how is it handled on BIOS systems?

mfat@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 15:20 collapse

No. It just reads and parses the contents of /boot/grub/grub.cfg and updates /etc/default/grub

ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org on 12 Dec 18:49 collapse

but then how does it override the default only once?

mfat@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 21:44 collapse

It uses grub-reboot for that function.

deadcatbounce@reddthat.com on 13 Dec 00:35 collapse

Grub was legacy since gummiboot. Please let’s let it die.

Insert inst.sdboot as an option from the Fedora installer to rid yourself from grub on Fedora. Websearch for further instructions/how-to.

sik0fewl@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 02:08 next collapse

That’s why I use LILO.

Hule@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 16:20 collapse

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.

Disonantezko@lemmy.sdf.org on 15 Dec 00:34 collapse

EFI didn’t work for me, maybe I need LILO

deadcatbounce@reddthat.com on 15 Dec 20:16 collapse

You ever watch a UK TV series called Bread?