the amount of tech stuff displayed at boot time is still intimidating, I am sorry if I might sound pedantic but this bug report I filed a while ago against grub still seems to apply to grub2:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/131389 -- Add support for hidden menu (press Esc to display) in default config https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386916 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs