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Idea #12760: grub more user friendly

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #21: Professional-looking bootloader.
Written by mackos-gnu the 3 Sep 08 at 15:58. Category: Usability. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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grub can have optionally a grafical skin, and can select by the mouse, similar at this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2310220114_e1c2decd0d.jpg?v=0
I think that this idea can become more simple x the newbies.
I know people when see grub, they ask me to remove them, because it skear, if you used vista..
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Written by mackos-gnu the 3 Sep 08 at 15:58.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 3 Sep 08 at 16:50
GRUB always is user-friendly.

Just press Escape to bring up the menu, then choose up/down and enter.

I rather want it fast and reliable than pretty.

mackos-gnu wrote on the 3 Sep 08 at 17:02
but, why if is pretty, isn't fast?

glotz wrote on the 3 Sep 08 at 19:19
Why can't you eat a sandwich and save it?

yesterday wrote on the 4 Sep 08 at 04:02
grub2 is in the works, which promises to be much better looking

rocknrollme wrote on the 4 Sep 08 at 11:47
A sexy grub would be cool, indeed.

derubermensch wrote on the 4 Sep 08 at 13:56
Yeah, even Fedora puts a bare minimum effort into the bootloader graphics


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