Grub2 theme in the spirit of Lubuntu?

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi Rafael,

I was thinking along the lines of
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Themes

But, you and John need to have a chat :)


Regards,

Phill.


On 23 May 2014 22:48, Rafael Laguna <rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Agree. But just one thing to keep in mind: Ubuntu itself hasn't themed
> grub2. The normal screen is like this: http://i.imgur.com/95sPGMI.png
> When you're talking about a more "complete" theme, do you mean something
> like this? http://i.imgur.com/Mj6fe6U.png
>
> I'm sure you know you can customize (on any Ubuntu flavour) the grub,
> grub2 or burg entries and theme it a bit with Grub Customizer:
> http://goo.gl/Pmj9qH
>
> Anyway, I was having a look to the wiki docs:
>
> grub2: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> grub2 (displays): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Displays
>
> I don't say theming grub2 for Lubuntu is a bad idea. I'm considering that,
> if there's no Ubuntu flavour customized, why should we? But I insist, if
> you all (the Community) consider it's a "must-have", I'll be glad to work
> on it.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> --
> Rafael Laguna
> Lubuntu Artwork Team
>
>
> 2014-05-23 22:21 GMT+02:00 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at phillw.net>:
>
> There is a lot of artwork at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Artwork If
>> you need something more specific, have a chat with Rafael (TL of Lubuntu
>> artwork team).  (He's the guy with the Japanese name) :P
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23 May 2014 19:24, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/10/2014 5:37 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/10/2014 03:20 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know of a ready-made Grub2 theme that is not heavy and
>>>>> that accords decently with the Lubuntu design?  I'm dual-booting Windows
>>>>> and Lubuntu and looking for something dressier than the default
>>>>> black-and-white menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> And I use the word "theme" advisedly.  I don't mean merely adding a
>>>>> background image and font colors (though I'll probably do that if I don't
>>>>> find a not-too-difficult theme solution).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  John:
>>>>
>>>> I applaud your idea.
>>>>
>>>> I think, if it did nothing else, that it should indicate "Lubuntu"
>>>> instead of "Ubuntu".  I have a lot of partitions on my machines, and it
>>>> would be helpful to know which is which.
>>>>
>>>> Linux Mint seems to be able to do it, as does openSUSE.  I would like
>>>> it if each Ubuntu variant identified itself in the GRUB menu.
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that the LXLE spin-off of Lubuntu 12.04 has a GRUB background
>>>> picture (which I like), though it makes the text hard to read (except for
>>>> the selected item).
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm working on a theme now.  Is there a Lubuntu icon file that I can
>>> grab somewhere?
>>>
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