{"id":6887,"date":"2017-06-21T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6887"},"modified":"2023-12-22T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T06:38:55","slug":"vimix-grub2-theme-makes-ubuntu-boot-loader-look-prettier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/06\/vimix-grub2-theme-makes-ubuntu-boot-loader-look-prettier\/","title":{"rendered":"Vimix Grub2 Theme Makes Ubuntu Boot-loader Look Prettier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5771\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-icon.png\" alt=\"Grub\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boring with the default Grub2 boot loader appearance? Besides switching to <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/burg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burg boot-loader<\/a>, you can change the look and feel via the Vimix-grub-theme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-scaled.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44971\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-246x600.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-246x600.webp 246w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-123x300.webp 123w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-768x1873.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-630x1536.webp 630w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-840x2048.webp 840w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-1320x3219.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/grub-theme-preview-scaled.webp 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The theme is designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vinceliuice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vinceliuice<\/a>, the man behind Vimix GTK theme. To try it out, follow the steps below one by one:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, either download the theme package from <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vinceliuice\/grub2-themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Github project<\/a> page, or use the direct link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vinceliuice\/grub2-themes\/archive\/refs\/tags\/2022-10-30.tar.gz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Grub2 Themes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then, go to your <i>Downloads<\/i> folder. Extract the tarball, and right-click on new generated folder and select &#8220;Open in Terminal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extract-grub2-themes.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44972\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extract-grub2-themes-600x409.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extract-grub2-themes-600x409.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extract-grub2-themes-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extract-grub2-themes-768x523.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extract-grub2-themes.webp 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> In the pop-up terminal window, run command to install the theme:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo .\/install.sh --theme vimix<\/pre>\n<p>For choice, you can install a few other themes by replacing <b>vimix<\/b> with <b>tela<\/b>, <b>stylish<\/b>, or <b>whitesur<\/b>. And\/or add more options, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>--screen 2k<\/code> (or 4k, ultrawide, ultrawide2k) to specify screen resolution. Skip this for 1080p.<\/li>\n<li><code>--icon white<\/code> (or whitesur) for the icon color. Skip for colorful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/install-vimix-theme.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44973\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/install-vimix-theme-600x262.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/install-vimix-theme-600x262.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/install-vimix-theme-300x131.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/install-vimix-theme-768x336.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/install-vimix-theme.webp 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>In addition:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For those who want to change the background image or change theme later, simply <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/install-grub-customizer-ubuntu-16-04-lts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">install Grub-Customizer<\/a>, launch the software and do:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>navigate to Appearance settings tab.<\/li>\n<li>highlight the theme file &#8220;background.png&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>click &#8216;Load file&#8217; selection box and choose your image (must be <b>.png<\/b>)<\/li>\n<li>finally click <b>Save<\/b> button in Grub Customizer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/change-grub-background.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6889\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/change-grub-background-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/change-grub-background-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/change-grub-background-450x288.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/change-grub-background-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/change-grub-background.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also remove useless Grub menu entries via the first tab in Grub-Customizer if you have multiple Linux Kernels.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To restore Grub boot menu screen, re-do step 2 to open the theme source folder in terminal, and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo .\/install.sh --remove vimix<\/pre>\n<p>Also replace <b>vimix<\/b> according which theme you installed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boring with the default Grub2 boot loader appearance? Besides switching to Burg boot-loader, you can change the look and feel via the Vimix-grub-theme. The theme is designed by vinceliuice, the man behind Vimix GTK theme. To try it out, follow the steps below one by one: 1. First, either download the theme package from Github [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[552,1462,87],"class_list":["post-6887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-grub-customizer","tag-grub-theme","tag-grub2-background-wallpaper"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}