Breeze GRUB2 theme

GRUB Themes breeze kde plasma

Source (required if based on other people's work): https://github.com/gustawho/grub2-theme-breeze

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Description:

A minimalistic GRUB theme inspired by Breeze, the default style for Plasma 5 / KDE Frameworks.

# Installation
Copy the "breeze" folder to the themes directory in /boot. If you don't know how to do it, just run the included "install.sh" script as root.
Last changelog:

Version 5.13.1 2 months ago

* Added a few more icons and logos
* The boot menu is now centered
* The icons are now smaller and have a little margin around them
* Hack replaces Terminus as the default font
* Minor layout tweaks

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jaakdentrekhaak

7 days ago

Let me try to explain the way I got it working for Ubuntu 18.10. I first had a lot of problems, but finally I managed to succeed. So let's start!

1) Download the theme from the 'files' tab on this website
2) Open your download folder and right click the installed theme and press 'extract here'
3) Open the new folder created by step 2. Once you are in here, right click a blank space and press 'open in terminal'
4) type the following commands: `chmod +x install.sh` and then 'sudo ./install.sh'
5) Then you have to enter your password and a message will appear saying that you should change a thing starting with 'Grub theme...'. You will need to enter y to continue. Then you will get a screen with some variables as 'grub default=0' ...
6) You will now need to navigate using the arrows on your keyboard to the line under the last command and there you need to type this command: 'GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/breeze/theme.txt'
7) Last, you will need to press 'ctrl + x' on your keyboard to save the changes. I also believe you will have to press enter after this step.
8) Now you will get a message saying: 'Successful, restart your system' That's it! You're done!

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Gauge

30 days ago

Might be a good idea to add the plasma 5.14 background.

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genow

1 month ago

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edada

4 months ago

Thanks for the grub theme but I have 1 question. After I select what I want to boot I get a "rectangle with a grey interior" covering most of the screen. Is this what is supposed to happen? Should anything appear within the rectangle? I am running ubuntu 18.04. Thanks.

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maxximo88

11 months ago

Thanks to add Deepin Logo.
Is it possible to have horizontal choices menu?

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PythonProgrammer23@Ubuntu

1 year ago

Hard to install.

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PythonProgrammer23@Ubuntu

1 year ago

When I tried installing it, I got an error:
exception '9Exception'
with message 'themefile breeze/icons/deepin.png not found!
in /build/grub-customizer-hZVPvY/grub-customizer-5.0.6/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:152
I don't know if this is GRUB Customizer, or this just don't work.
I have the option to continue, but I might risk data loss.
Also, when I tried to set it as the theme, I got an error:
"theme.txt not found. Please find the themes config file and rename it as theme.txt!"
I noticed it was in a subdirectory and moved it. Did I do something wrong?

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gustawho

1 year ago

In order to use this theme, all you have to do is copy/move the directory that contains this theme to /usr/share/grub/themes/, then edit /etc/default/grub as follows:

GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt"

And re-generate grub.cfg to apply the changes (in most cases, "grubcfg -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" is more than enough). If configuring the theme was successful, you will see Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt in the terminal.

The error you're getting is when building the program you mentioned.

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PythonProgrammer23@Ubuntu

1 year ago

I'm using Ubuntu 17.04, by the way, and there is no /themes/starfield/theme.txt. Should I make one?

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PythonProgrammer23@Ubuntu

1 year ago

Sorry if it seems like I'm spamming, but I got an error when I tried to emulate it using grub-emu:
error: can't find command 'hwmatch'
error: disk hd0,msdos5' not found.
It's probably because I'm using grub-emu, right?
The theme didn't show up either.

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PythonProgrammer23@Ubuntu

1 year ago

You should add a Windows 7/Vista/XP logo.
I dual-boot Ubuntu and Vista.

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PythonProgrammer23@Ubuntu

1 year ago

Not that this is urgent or anything, but it would be AWESOME if you added a Raspberry Pi desktop logo in there too. It's all right, I understand if you have NO idea what I'm talking about.

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gustawho

1 year ago

Working on it! Since I no longer have a duel-boot system, I've left this theme a little unattended, but don't worry, I'll give a bit of love to it soon! Thank you for the feedback!

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REGHAR

2 years ago

i like this theme, all my computer entries looks awesome. But i've installed RemixOS(android) like an entry inside the ubuntu partition and in the display grub doesn't appear the android icon, it just looks like another system option. How can i give an icon to these entry?

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mechevar21

2 years ago

Great theme, using it on my htpc at 1920x1080. I had to adjust the menu width to 90% and put left at 5% (instead of 100% and 0% in theme.txt) due to the overscan from HDTVs cutting of the side text.

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limathebest

3 years ago

Extract the TAR file
tar -xzvf Breeze-Grub2.tar.gz
move the folder breeze to /boot/grub/themes
sudo mv Breeze-GRUB2/breeze/ /boot/grub/themes/
edit the file /etc/default/grub
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
search for the part: "GRUB_THEME=/...." and change for:
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub2/themes/breeze/theme.txt
save and close
update the grub with the command:
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Done.
Reboot the system and see if it worked.
Good Lock!

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REGHAR

2 years ago

thank you, i've already fixed it.

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valoriez

3 years ago

Hello, we were discussing using your Breeze grub2 theme for Kubuntu at the Randa sprint.
* https://goo.gl/photos/pmqot138pQCNJmvv7 - Jens of the VDG says it would be more breeze like that
* also solid color background from breeze color swath
* probably papergrey
* it should not fill the entire screen widthwise
* if there are more than 4 distros they should be positioned in a grid i.e. no scrollybars
* the elements should scale down the more stuff is there

Please write directly to Jens and/or the VDG. They can use your talent! jens@ohyran.se https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=285

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vaxxipooh

3 years ago

Did this work if i have Nvidia drivers ?

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gustawho

3 years ago

There shouldn't be any problem.

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boenis

3 years ago

In openSUSE you should use the following installation folders:

Extract the TAR file and move/copy the breeze folder to /boot/grub2/themes/.
Then edit /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub2/themes/breeze/theme.txt

Re-generate grub.cfg to apply the changes:

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

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gustawho

3 years ago

Thank your for the advice! I made a mini-script to automatize the installation.

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rmrcbm

3 years ago

Another way in OpenSUSE, maybe less "dangerous" or even fault tolerant, is:
- Extract the TAR file and move/copy the breeze folder to /boot/grub2/themes/.
- Launch "Yast" and then "Bootloader"
- Select "Kernel parameters" and then in "Console theme" you should click in "Browse". Yo can locate the folder "Breeze" and the file "theme.txt" or change the text to "/boot/grub2/themes/breeze/theme.txt"
- Click "Accept" button and all is done

;)

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TheBlueGhost

3 years ago

The theme is quite rough around the edges, but it's already decent and I am looking forward to seeing how it develops!

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Version 5.13.1 2 months ago

* Added a few more icons and logos
* The boot menu is now centered
* The icons are now smaller and have a little margin around them
* Hack replaces Terminus as the default font
* Minor layout tweaks

Changelog 4 months ago

Version 5.13:
* Updated background to match the one shipped with Plasma 5.13
* Added gaussian blur to the background

3 years ago

0.3.1
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[li]Semi-transparent background on selected items[/li]
0.3
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[li]New logos added: CentOS, Deepin, DragonFly BSD, KaOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Ubuntu Mate, Zorin OS[/li][li]Terminus font[/li]
0.2
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[li]Various changes in the progress bar[/li][li]Added installer[/li]
0.1
===============================
[li]Added[/li]

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