A simple default GUI to configure Grub2

[Andrea Corbellini]

Good day,

On 03/09/12 10:57, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Hi folks
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> Over the past couple of weeks, I have designed a GUI for basic
> configuration of Grub2.
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> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartupSettings>
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> The idea is to provide, in the default Ubuntu installation, a UI for
> the options that people configure most often -- so that you don't need
> to dig into grub.cfg or /etc/grub.d/ at a terminal. It's not meant to
> be a replacement for a complex tool like Boot-Repair.
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> I'm interested to know if you think anything should be added or
> removed in the design. And if any of you would be interested in
> implementing the GUI, that would be awesome too!

I personally think that the 'startup' term is too generic for that 
application. If you had not said that the UI was for Grub2, I would have 
thought it was an application to manage the programs to launch after the 
login. A replacement for the old 'gnome session manager', if I correctly 
recall the name. Just wondering: wouldn't 'boot up settings' be a better 
name?

By the way, that mockup seems really, really simple to use, and mixes 
common use cases with advanced functionalities (the "Add System" 
dialog). Also, reverting mistakes (e.g. deleting an entry) seems to be 
easy enough. It looks really promising! :-)