Grub2 theme in the spirit of Lubuntu?

Phill Whiteside PhillW at PhillW.net
Sat May 24 13:31:00 UTC 2014


Looks nice!!!


On 24 May 2014 04:50, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think there should be standard themes for all the Ubuntu Flavors!!
> That is so nice and pleasing to the eye.  You are making good progress
> on it!
>
> On 05/23/2014 10:37 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> > Nice grub2 theme, John :-)
> >
> > How much does your theme cost?
> >
> > - counted as increased iso file size
> > - counted as increased boot time
> >
> > If the cost is insignificant, it is a very good idea, particularly
> > because I think it makes 'dual booting beginners' happier. (I guess you
> > do not intend to show the grub menu in single boot systems.)
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
> > 2014-05-24 01:32, John Hupp skrev:
> >> You can see a shot of the work-in-progress at Post your Grub 2 Themes
> >> <
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1823915&page=14&p=13031738#post13031738
> >
> >>
> >> I have some other things on the to-do list also, but I would be happy
> >> not only to have a Lubuntu icon, but also to know what shade of white is
> >> used in the LightDM login box.
> >>
> >> On 5/23/2014 6:25 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> >>> 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
> >>> <mailto: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
> >>>     <mailto: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
> >>>         <mailto: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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