Re: GRUB2 themes
On Sb, 03 dec 11, 16:19:54, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it would look so much better at a first install. Maybe you are missing something? This is on a pretty standard LXDE squeeze install: $ grep image /boot/grub/grub.cfg if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then # it's obvious from the path but... $ dpkg -S spacefun-grub.png desktop-base: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: GRUB2 themes
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 03 dec 11, 16:19:54, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it would look so much better at a first install. Maybe you are missing something? This is on a pretty standard LXDE squeeze install: $ grep image /boot/grub/grub.cfg if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then # it's obvious from the path but... $ dpkg -S spacefun-grub.png desktop-base: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png Those are backgrounds. A theme is a script as described in the reference by Towheed Mohammed. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jbjbnm$p6n$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: GRUB2 themes
On Lu, 05 dec 11, 15:05:57, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Those are backgrounds. A theme is a script as described in the reference by Towheed Mohammed. To do what? (rhetorical, I really don't care). If the resources spent in hiding/beautifying/etc the boot process could be invested in improving the boot times... I know, I know, this is all volunteer and you can not tell people what to work on :D Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: GRUB2 themes
On Saturday 03 December 2011 22:19:54 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it would look so much better at a first install. I do dislike nice themes. Surely there is Ubuntu for those that like such things. Debian is the refuge for those who like their software actually to _work_. If nice themes take over Debian as well, where are we to go, those of us who think that the first objective of software is to do its job and do it well? And surely there is always KDE4. IMHO, of course. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201112052216.12490.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: GRUB2 themes
Lisi wrote the following on 12/05/2011 04:16 PM: On Saturday 03 December 2011 22:19:54 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it would look so much better at a first install. I do dislike nice themes. Surely there is Ubuntu for those that like such things. Debian is the refuge for those who like their software actually to _work_. If nice themes take over Debian as well, where are we to go, those of us who think that the first objective of software is to do its job and do it well? And surely there is always KDE4. IMHO, of course. ;-) Lisi Lisi, I agree with you. Save us from eye candy! Spend the time making the software robust and fast and leave the decorations to the other distros! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4edd4699.7000...@mgssub.com
Re: GRUB2 themes
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:16:12 +, Lisi wrote: On Saturday 03 December 2011 22:19:54 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it would look so much better at a first install. I do dislike nice themes. Surely there is Ubuntu for those that like such things. Debian is the refuge for those who like their software actually to _work_. If nice themes take over Debian as well, where are we to go, those of us who think that the first objective of software is to do its job and do it well? And surely there is always KDE4. IMHO, of course. ;-) Lisi +1. And KDE is a monolithic bloated POS IMHO. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jbjkvp$svr$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: GRUB2 themes
On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:19:54 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I finally switched to grub-pc from grub-legacy. About time. Did it a year ago too but went back, I forget why. Of course there is no comparison between the 2. Found a terrific theming guide by Towheed Mohammed: http://www.4shared.com/file/lFCl6wxL/grub_guidetar.html Very nicely done indeed. Except I can't get the scrollbar to work. Hum... here you have another nice article: HOWTO: Splash Images with GRUB2 and GRUB-PC on Debian Linux http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2008/12/16/how-to-grub2-and-grub-pc-installing-splash-images/ IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it would look so much better at a first install. True is that I prefer the simplicity of GRUB2 boot menu with no theming at all, but I agree in some environments a good-looking boot splash is more than welcome. Are there Debian Grub2 themes? All I see is Ubuntu... Well, there is grub2-splashimages package (just images, not themes). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.12.04.14.26...@gmail.com
