A simple default GUI to configure Grub2

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Andrea Corbellini wrote on 03/09/12 12:16:
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> On 03/09/12 10:57, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ...
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>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartupSettings>
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> 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.

I have a design for that too, which I labelled "Open at Login".
<https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/Proposals/LoginItems#Proposal>

> Just wondering: wouldn't 'boot up settings' be a better name?

We don't assume that people know what "boot" means. That's why we have
"Restart" rather than "Reboot", for example.

> 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! :-)

Thanks!

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