It’s (not) Alright

You might have been tired of the same old text mode GRUB splash screen in your Linux box. And maybe, you want to switch over from that (mostly) blue and black theme (???) to something better. Here is your chance then. You can add a background image like a wallpaper to your GRUB menu to make it more attractive. (Seriously, if you think that simple text menu is good, then you need to see a doctor).

So, what you will need is,

1. An image in 14 colors format.
2. Size of the image MUST be 640px X 480px.
3. Image must be in xpm format.

Now, I assume that you have gathered these things. If you are similar to me, that is too lazy to make your own image, I suggest you take a look here and get the image you want. If you have the xpm image, then the next thing to do is to compress it using gzip. Continue reading »

Some of you might have seen it, but for those who still have not seen the coolest splash screen ever, here is a tutorial to enable it. OK, let me explain what I am talking about. I am talking about the GRUB splash screen of openSUSE 10.2/10.3. If you have 10.3 then you wouldn’t have seen it. If you have 10.2, then there is a chance that you might have seen it.

This screen contains an icy view with penguins roaming around the screen. It is cool, there is no other phraze for it. To get that instead of the blue of 10.2 or green of 10.3, follow the instructions.

1. Create a temporary new directory in your home folder. (You can create it anywhere, but for simplicity, I will say the path as the home folder and the directory name as new).
2. Now copy the file message from the /boot folder in this directory using the command, ‘cp /boot/message new’.
3. Now change into the new directory, ‘cd new’.

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