Customize Grub To Get A Better Experience With Linux

1. How can I make my grub look better?
2. How do I customize grub bootloader?
3. How do I customize grub menu?
4. How do I change the appearance of grub?
5. Where are grub themes stored?
6. Where do I put grub themes?
7. What are the grub commands?
8. How do I change bootloader?
9. How do I edit a grub file?
10. How do I edit a grub parameter?
11. How do I use GRUB command line?

How can I make my grub look better?

Customizing

1. Open Grub Customizer. You will have to enter your password. ...
2. Click Install to MBR (under File) to put Burg down as the default (over grub). ...
3. I usually untick Ubuntu (recovery mode) because it's not something i want in my normal boot. ...
4. Press F2 and use the arrow keys to change the selected theme.

How do I customize grub bootloader?

1. Select default OS (GRUB_DEFAULT) Open /etc/default/grub file using any text editor, for example nano. ...
2. Set OS timeout (GRUB_TIMEOUT) By default, the selected entry from the boot menu will start to boot in 10 seconds. ...
3. Change GRUB background image.

How do I customize grub menu?

Once installed, search for Grub Customizer in the menu and open it.

1. Start Grub Customizer.
2. Select Windows Boot Manager and move it to the top.
3. Once Windows is on the top, save your changes.
4. Now you'll boot into Windows by default.
5. Reduce the default boot time in Grub.

How do I change the appearance of grub?

How to change your grub theme

1. Just download and install. ...
2. Copy/paste the original grub. ...
3. Start grub-customizer and choose your theme. ...
4. Choose the theme, save and reboot. ...
5. Dimensions of grub will be. ...
6. This is the vimix theme from gnome-look.org. ...
7. This is the Arch silence theme from gnome-look.org.

Where are grub themes stored?

The primary configuration file for changing menu display settings is called grub and by default is located in the /etc/default folder. There are multiple files for configuring the menu - /etc/default/grub mentioned above, and all the files in the /etc/grub. d/ directory.

Where do I put grub themes?

How to install a grub theme:

1. Extract the theme to /boot/grub/themes/
2. Edit /etc/default/grub file. Find the line starting with "#GRUB_THEME" and change it to "GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/[THEME_FOLDER]/[theme. txt]" (replace [THEME_FOLDER] ; [theme. txt] is probably OK ; remove "[]" brackets)
3. Run sudo update-grub.

What are the grub commands?

If you forget a command, you can run the command help (see help).

• blocklist: Get the block list notation of a file.
• boot: Start up your operating system.
• cat: Show the contents of a file.
• chainloader: Chain-load another boot loader.
• cmp: Compare two files.
• configfile: Load a configuration file.
• debug: Toggle the debug flag.

How do I change bootloader?

Change Default OS In Boot Menu Using Startup Options

1. In the boot loader menu, click the link Change defaults or choose other options at the bottom of the screen.
2. On the next page, click Choose a default operating system.
3. On the next page, select the OS you want to set as the default boot entry.

How do I edit a grub file?

To edit grub, make your changes to /etc/default/grub . Then run sudo update-grub . The update-grub will make the permanent changes to your grub. cfg file.

How do I edit a grub parameter?

To change kernel parameters only during a single boot process, proceed as follows:

1. Start the system and, on the GRUB 2 boot screen, move the cursor to the menu entry you want to edit, and press the e key for edit.
2. Move the cursor down to find the kernel command line. ...
3. Move the cursor to the end of the line.

How do I use GRUB command line?

There is probably a command that I can type to boot from that prompt, but I don't know it. What works is to reboot using Ctrl+Alt+Del, then pressing F12 repeatedly until the normal GRUB menu appears. Using this technique, it always loads the menu. Rebooting without pressing F12 always reboots in command line mode.