My grub theme

My grub theme
from fajre@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 21 Sep 02:08
https://lemmy.world/post/36226780

The background (versions) and the yellow text change with each reboot :D

github.com/Lxtharia/minegrub-theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgeouYCwGI4

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SethranKada@lemmy.ca on 21 Sep 02:28 next collapse

I love it

data1701d@startrek.website on 21 Sep 02:34 next collapse

That is kind of awesome.

I wish Debian’s default Grub theme was less ugly; I know I could change it (and I have on other installs, but I’m quite lazy about theming these days. Part of it is I have a laptop that I rely on for college and don’t want to risk any theme glitches, so I keep its Debian install as vanilla as possible.

fajre@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 02:37 collapse

That is kind of awesome.

I wish Debian’s default Grub theme was less ugly; I know I could change it (and I have on other installs, but I’m quite lazy about theming these days. Part of it is I have a laptop that I rely on for college and don’t want to risk any theme glitches, so I keep its Debian install as vanilla as possible.

The first time I tried doing it (alone, without watching the video), I broke the system ;(, had a boot problem, so I had to reinstall everything again.

data1701d@startrek.website on 21 Sep 03:23 next collapse

Fun fact: you didn’t have to reinstall; you can actually boot up a live usb and chroot into your install to fix things.

fajre@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 16:19 collapse

Fun fact: you didn’t have to reinstall; you can actually boot up a live usb and chroot into your install to fix things.

That’s what I tried! But I couldn’t do it! I should have asked for help.

Cethin@lemmy.zip on 21 Sep 11:33 collapse

I’m sure you could have fixed it with GRUB Rescue. It’s slightly annoying, but it isn’t that hard to get booted from that. Once you get it to boot then you can fix things.

Don’t give up so quickly next time. It’s useful to learn how to fix it instead of just accepting failure and resetting everything.

fajre@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 16:02 collapse

I’m sure you could have fixed it with GRUB Rescue. It’s slightly annoying, but it isn’t that hard to get booted from that. Once you get it to boot then you can fix things.

Don’t give up so quickly next time. It’s useful to learn how to fix it instead of just accepting failure and resetting everything.

Yeah, man, I even went into live mode to try to undo what I did, but I still couldn’t manage it (I should have looked for help). But since I have backups of everything and my dotfiles, I didn’t worry too much (though I was pissed, I won’t lie).

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 21 Sep 02:43 next collapse

Yoursgrub

BootLoop@sh.itjust.works on 21 Sep 03:28 next collapse

I love this. Might steal it later if I’m feeling ambitious one day

mindbleach@sh.itjust.works on 21 Sep 04:12 next collapse

I cannot fathom having my shit together to such a degree that my bootloader has a theme.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 21 Sep 11:19 collapse

Or not at all and that’s why it has one. (procrastinating)

mindbleach@sh.itjust.works on 21 Sep 22:52 collapse

Ooh, fair point. We don’t know that any of these options boot.

Dagamant@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 04:40 next collapse

I completely forgot that grub could be themed… brb

SteveTech@programming.dev on 21 Sep 10:20 next collapse

You can customise your console login with /etc/issue too!

princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 21 Sep 11:15 collapse

Woah, how did you make this??

fajre@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 16:16 collapse

I completely forgot that grub could be themed… brb

lol

1984@lemmy.today on 21 Sep 06:58 next collapse

Nicely done. Im always too scared to break my machine by messing with grub. :)

fajre@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 16:13 collapse

Nicely done. Im always too scared to break my machine by messing with grub. :)

Yeah, the first time I tried it (alone) I broke GRUB and had to reinstall Arch (but I have backups of everything and my dotfiles). Then I followed the tutorial and everything worked out!

thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz on 21 Sep 08:25 next collapse

Meh. I’ll be impressed when it plays Aria Math.

(j/k, this is awesome, I love it)

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Cethin@lemmy.zip on 21 Sep 11:35 next collapse

I have my system select the default option really quickly, so I don’t see GRUB. This makes it tempting to not do that, but I think I’ll accept the convenient option instead of the cool option still.

fajre@lemmy.world on 21 Sep 16:01 collapse

I have my system select the default option really quickly, so I don’t see GRUB. This makes it tempting to not do that, but I think I’ll accept the convenient option instead of the cool option still.

On mine, it’s already set to boot into Arch automatically. It shows in the bottom right corner: “Joining world in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.” It’s really cool, man!

DarkMetatron@feddit.org on 21 Sep 11:40 next collapse

Cool, I was using that (or one very similar) for a while also. I have changed that to a Fallout Theme for Grub some time ago.

Grub theming is such a great little feature

LeFantome@programming.dev on 21 Sep 20:19 next collapse

I would have gone with GrubCraft but awesome otherwise.

muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works on 22 Sep 00:54 collapse

Omg I love this