Brighten Up Your Day - GRUB Menu Theming - Wizards Corner

[Smilax]

A long, long time ago (and I can still remember how that music used to make me smile), friend @Vrai asked me over at @JasKinasis 's Thread on Desktops, what wallpapers Wizard uses, and I failed to answer, regrets.

I will remedy that now.

It is not so much a case of what wallpapers I use in my Desktop sessions, with one exception amongst my distros where I feature my kids and grandkids in a slideshow, they are all just slideshows of the distro-specific wallpapers.

Rather, it is how I start my day with my Grub Menu, and that changes periodically, as my distros update, I'll explain why later in this Thread.

I have 67 Linux distros running on this Dell rig at the moment, and for each and every one of them I have a different background to my Grub menu.

Today I installed Linux Mint 20.2 'Uma' Cinnamon, and here is what I have devised to brighten my morning.

I have to leave for my Aussie evening shortly, but I will flesh this out more on my tomorrow.

Cheers

Wizard

"A long, long time ago (and I can still remember how that music used to make me smile)"

You just made my day, thank you!

 

[CataclysmicGentleman]

... LOL, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is one of my 8 mental health disorders. It's managed and medicated for 20 years now, but I surrender to it where multi-multi-multi-booting Linux is concerned.

Why? Because I have the time, the storage, and the enthusiasm. It also helps me in answering questions. I don't have to install a distro on a VM and go through a learning curve to help someone, I can usually just use a distro from my stable, and my experience with it. ...

That's actually so very cool! if I had the time and storage and knowledge I would be doing exactly the same!

 

[wizardfromoz]

elive OS, put on a couple of days ago.

 

[Skybear]

elive OS, put on a couple of days ago.

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Oh mate, that' screen is a beauty! I have to read over the previous chat entries and see how you did that.

 

[Deleted member 197709]

Long ago I use to do a lot of editing with Grub and dual booting different linux distros. Since the newer Grub and then using uefi Bios, I was tempted, but the default has always worked and I don't dual boot anymore. If I want to see the boot process, hitting ESC is enough. I'm a little behind with some of the newer stuff with Linux. Screwing up and trying to fix a system not booting, even without messing with Grub, has happened so many times recently! Ugh

Much has changed since the old days.