I am pretty sure we can integrate it with the existing alternatives concept: I would really like to help to get this into the desktop-base package for Wheezy, at least as a graphical option for our users. (Yes, the site looks like some "make money fast" crap, but the documentation is excellent). If you want to create a GRUB 2 theme from scratch, download the documentation at: So please don't use circles, swirls or other things that may look distorted. The image will be streched to fit the users screen. Just exchange the file /boot/grub/themes/journey/background.png with your own picture in the correct size. for your own Debian artwork, this is also easy: If you want to customize the GRUB 2 theme, f.i. The line in /etc/default/grub should look like this: You find valid resolutions if you hit "c" at the Grub boot menu and type "vbeinfo". You may also wish to set the GRUB2 resolution to something that matches your screen size. GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/journey/theme.txt Copy the folder "journey" to /boot/grub/themes/ So the boot screen comes with a clean, simple look that is familiar to most of our users.Äownload the tar.gz.
The appearance is similar to the GDM3 login screen.
#Grub2 themes code
Grub 2 includes the code for this since November 2009. Just for those of us, who haven't had the time yet to look into that stuff: A GRUB 2 theme is not just a background picture. Such a theme was requested by one of our users, Jo Shields, who also did the ground work for it. I have added a GRUB2 theme to my theme proposal "The Journey" for Wheezy. Dear Debian developers, dear fellow artists,