This is what we said a month or so ago. On Sunday 01 Nov 2009, Andrew Morgan wrote: > Hi Terry, > > I have just had to do the same thing on my work laptop which is now > running Ubuntu 9.10. I'm not sure if this is the same in Kubuntu but > here's the way I did it: > > Install StartUp-Manager. This can be found in Ubuntu Software Centre, or > by running 'apt-get install startupmanager' if you prefer. > > This creates a launcher in System/Administration called StartUp-Manager. > I think once you run this you'll work out how to change the default > operating system, its the big obvious drop-down list box marked 'Default > operating system'. :) > > I did change the Bootloader menu resolution (Advanced tab) which worked > fine, but this simply ended up with the text becoming smaller. Would be > useful if you have a lot in the list though. > > The other thing I did was edit /etc/default/grub and un-comment the last > line: > GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true" > This gets rid of the (recovery) menu options. The difference between > these and the normal ones is that the options 'quiet splash' are removed > and 'single' is added. I have never used a recovery option and I'm sure > I can edit the grub entry if I need to do this, also it looks slightly > neater. > > This method didn't require any coffee products or logos, and you may > have noticed that I have not quoted any text so I can't be accused of > top- or bottom- posting. Aren't I good? :) > > ps. My work laptop shuts down/reboots in about 3-4 seconds! I was > amased. But then it isn't much more than a default install + mpd. >
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