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Idea #7716: Have an ubuntu splash screen for grub

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #21: Professional-looking bootloader.
Written by JaapHaitsma the 27 Apr 08 at 17:55. Category: Marketing. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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It looks more professional than the simple black and white one and also does some marketing for Ubuntu
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Written by JaapHaitsma the 27 Apr 08 at 17:55.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 27 Apr 08 at 20:11
Boot loaders should be as simple as possible. No complexity.
They have one task, and its to boot an kernel.

Preferably a boot loader should not be seen or heard.

master5o1 wrote on the 27 Apr 08 at 22:42
I like how Fedora 8 has their `usplash` (is it usplash?). It looks nice, and is better than Ubuntu's, however it appears to be slower at booting than Ubuntu.

It would be nice to have grub with a background/theme, make if it was as simple as putting a named image/file in a folder in /boot/grub (eg /boot/grub/theme).

Yes this isn't necessary, but wouldn't it be nice?

brunovecchi wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 03:57
Another duplicate of http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21/

It's the #1 idea under the 'Look and Feel' category.

Auzy wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 06:30
I think we need to lose grub and lilo anyway,

And replace them with a new bootloader which doesn't require configuration (unless you want), and which is hotplug.

So for that reason, -1 for this. Spending time on grub-legacy and lilo is like polishing a turd. Until they are modernised, its a waste. As long as we use grub-legacy or lilo, even small system changes like swapping drives around on the bus will be troublesome.

Vote for this instead to modernise them:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7460/

steve196 wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 13:53
Voted down again. Why does this come up all the time?
Of course also voted down Auzys idea. A bootloader has to be, above all, reliable and extremely well tested. Complexity, like automatic detections of stuff, always hurts reliability.

a3_nm wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 20:04
As long as GRUB runs in hidden mode ("press ESC to see the menu"), it isn't ugly -- it's just a line of text among many others.

swalko wrote on the 29 Apr 08 at 08:33
Dont using graphical grub splash screen is new feature of hardy. It has one target -> compact boot process look. I like "press ESC to see the menu". Three different types of screens by booting are very ugly (low resolution and low color grub screen, higher resolution splash screen, native resolution GDM screen).

ændrük wrote on the 29 Apr 08 at 22:55
1) If Ubuntu is the only OS on the system, simple and clean is by far more "professional" than a branded bootloader. There's no need for eye candy on a screen that you only need to see when something is broken.

2) If it's a dual boot system, the bootloader should be OS-unspecific. It doesn't make sense to use an Ubuntu branded bootloader when you're turning on the computer to use Windows.


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