Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
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

Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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

Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
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

Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-05 Thread Lisi
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

Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-05 Thread Dennis Wicks
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

Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-05 Thread Walter Hurry
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

Re: GRUB2 themes

2011-12-04 Thread CamaleĆ³n
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: