Add a nice GRUB theme 2: Return of the bug that is not a bug

[Larry Chase]

This is just a continuation of bug #1680844 in budgie-remix "Add a nice grub theme" from a year ago.

It was thought of as a good idea, but after some discussion, it was decided that Dharma, the beautiful Chakra Project GRUB theme, was too restrictive, and thus, could not be used.

Now, nearly a year later, I've found something. KDE Neon's default grub theme is simple, provides basic usage instructions, is already packaged for Ubuntu, and most importantly, is licensed under GPL.

https://origin.archive.neon.kde.org/user/pool/main/b/breeze-grub/

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

It is too late for inclusion for 18.04 since we are well past user interface and feature freeze.

Happy to consider for 18.10

[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

I'm aware of that. Thankfully, this will give us time to tweak it, should we decide to change the colors or font.

It's a shame that I can't find a nice theme that has images, but it's best to avoid those anyway, considering that they can't be trusted to display properly on all resolutions. A text only GRUB theme such as this will keep things much simpler on our end.

[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

@fossfreedom I tweaked the theme some so it's a little less jarring to new users.

I lightened the background a little, and added a selection highlight.

I've been using "bug" as a working name.

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

Cheers. I will come back to look at this next month once the frantic part
of 18.04 is out of the way.

I appreciate the effort put in ... let's see how we can integrate this into
the iso.

On Thu, 5 Apr 2018, 08:30 Larry Chase, <email address hidden> wrote:

> @fossfreedom I tweaked the theme some so it's a little less jarring to
> new users.
>
> I lightened the background a little, and added a selection highlight.
>
> I've been using "bug" as a working name.
>
> ** Attachment added: "bug-grub-theme.tar.gz"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie/+bug/1759987/+attachment/5102348/+files/bug-grub-theme.tar.gz
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> Bug description:
> This is just a continuation of bug #1680844 in budgie-remix "Add a
> nice grub theme" from a year ago.
>
> It was thought of as a good idea, but after some discussion, it was
> decided that Dharma, the beautiful Chakra Project GRUB theme, was too
> restrictive, and thus, could not be used.
>
> Now, nearly a year later, I've found something. KDE Neon's default
> grub theme is simple, provides basic usage instructions, is already
> packaged for Ubuntu, and most importantly, is licensed under GPL.
>
> https://origin.archive.neon.kde.org/user/pool/main/b/breeze-grub/
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[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

We also have to decide on a name. We could leave it as bug-grub-theme, but we could probably figure out something better. And we also can't use grub-theme-breeze.

[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

Just bumping in time for 19.04.

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

Thanks for the reminder Larry

What I can't figure out is how to edit /etc/default/grub to have an entry GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/bug-grub-theme/theme.txt

Probably have to do it in a debian/postinst type file

Will need to research that.

I've raised a github issue here to track: https://github.com/UbuntuBudgie/budgie-artwork/issues/18

[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

The KDE Neon devs should be able to point you in the right direction.

[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

On a side note, I think I've figured out what to call the grub theme.

As per Budgie's bird-based naming scheme, I'm thinking of calling it "Dove".

Doves are considered elegant, despite the only difference between them and the common pigeon being a nice coat of paint.

[Larry Chase (zoomer296)]

It would be best to check with the Solus devs first.