[dundee] Boot managers

[Huntly Cameron]

On 16 July 2010 11:40, Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Wow, that's actually really slick looking, thanks for that.

No worries, doesn't work too well on wide screen monitors though.
I've got a 1280 x 800 laptop screen and it doesn't seem to stretch out
the backgrounds.  I'm sure there will be a workaround, just haven't
got round to looking for it yet.  Other than that it's all good :-)


>
> On 16 Jul 2010 11:31, "Huntly Cameron" <huntly.cameron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> From a recent email sent to this list by Gordon regarding a fix for an
> issue he had with GAG, I was wondering what benefits you would get by
> using a third party boot manager such as GAG compared to sticking with
> the standard GRUB thats installed with most distros?  I've found that
> when I've been installing different distros, each one will find other
> linux installs and add them to GRUB for me and even if I've got
> windows installed, it finds that and sets it up correctly.
>
> Also, as a quick side note to GRUB users, if you want a sexy looking
> GRUB then try BURG.  A recent article on omgubuntu.com shows how to
> install it and set up some themes:
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/make-grub-themes-beautiful-look-nicer.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Huntly Cameron
> e: huntly.cameron at gmail.com
>
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