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Idea #2565: I've seen a lot of "GRUB stinks", but I have a specific solution



bug This idea is a duplicate of idea #21: Professional-looking bootloader.
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Written by Redrazor39 the 2 Mar 08 at 19:48. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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What we need to have is this:

1)Have a nice background or theme by default like the one tomko222 posted, but not SO ubuntu-y. Make the logos and stuff change as you choose OSs; have preset logos for windows Vista, Xp, Me, 2000, 98, and 95, as well as have a large, silver or black X for Mac OS X. Then have the ubuntu logos. For another OS like a Linux Distro, then just have some cool picture of light waves that say "Linux". For a totally different OS that's none of those, just have a picture of light aura waves.

Also, fix the font. The font is like MS-DOS and scares the crap out of people. Make it nice and round like Arial, Calibri, Corbel, or Lohit Punjabi. Something easy on the eyes and friendly-looking, while still professional.
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Redrazor39 wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 19:50
OH yes, to add, hide the memtest option, whatever that is, behind an "F9" key or something. Most people won't know what it is and it's just scary to have all these things and not know which one they want.

And maybe the kernel version needs to go. It seems pretty useless, but hey, it doesn't really matter that much. It just looks more friendly when there aren't lines of cryptic numbers as part of your options.

twright wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 13:41
most people's bios's have memory testers already

Redrazor39 wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 21:51
What I would like to know is why so many people demoted it without even commenting. It seems like a good idea, but it's almost like people want to scare newbies away.

DanRabbit wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 03:18
I agree that we need something more simple ad graphical than the current GRUB.

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