Fortune - BURG Theme

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Featured on OMG!Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/d3mv6t

This is a theme for the BURG bootloader.

Make sure you have BURG installed before attempting to install this theme.

BURG homepage: http://code.google.com/p/burg/

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Installation:

*Note: the instructions in the README are out of date. This will be corrected in the next release. Follow the install instructions on this page*

Extract files, then run:

sudo cp -r /*pathto*/Fortune-BURG-v03/fortune /boot/burg/themes/

*pathto* will be the directory which you downloaded the file to. Alternatively, you can use your file manager with root permissions.

Then, refresh BURG:

sudo update-burg

Finally, run the following to test and set your theme:

sudo burg-emu
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Icons come from the Faenza icon theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Faenza?content=128143

Currently, icons are provided for the following Distro\\\\\\\'s:

-Ubuntu
-Fedora
-Debian
-OpenSUSE
-Mandriva
-Linux MINT
-Arch
-Gentoo
-Sabayon
-PCLOS
-Slackware
-FreeBSD

Windows and Apple Icons are also available. Distributions not on this list will fallback to BURG defaults. I am working on creating the missing icons though.
Last changelog:

8 years ago

17.08.2010 - v0.1 - First release

18.08.2010 - v0.2 - Added new icons, fixed bug preventing hover effect from working.

18.08.2010 - v0.3 - Optimizations to icon directory hierarchy and inheritance, Added more distribution icons,Updated theme information and documentation

25.02.2012 - Fixed file mirror

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ichipoch

5 months ago

+very god

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Tweak

11 months ago

Hey are you active at all? Looking to modify this theme but need to move the operating system selector on the screen, not sure how to go about it.

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misse

6 years ago

Hi,

The theme looks great and I'm eager to run it, but the link is broken so I can't download it :(. I would happily provide a mirror for this theme if you'd like.


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OrphanShadow

6 years ago

Shoot... erm, yeah, I could do with a copy myself as my site I was using for hosting seems to have deleted my file =| So either you can mirror it and ill append the link or Ill just grab a copy and host it somewhere more... reliable xD

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misse

6 years ago

I would gladly grab a copy and mirror it.. but from where? :) If you get a hold of the package post the link and I'll give it another home.

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OrphanShadow

6 years ago

Looks like that wont be neccesary. I grabbed a copy off the repo for Burg Manager, and I'm now hosting it on my Dropbox. Thanks for the offer of help though!

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D4v3

7 years ago

Thanks, I love it.

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triskelux

8 years ago

First of all: thanks a lot for the theme, is really cute and elegant.

Can you add the Trisquel GNU/Linux icon?
Like this, for example:
http://www.art4trisquel.org/?p=931

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v1rati

7 years ago

After much annoyance, I was able to add a Trisquel icon.

Steps:

Download the icons:
http://www.mediafire.com/?4a56ya8me5niu7p

Extract the tar to /boot/burg/themes/fortune/icons/ (Probably as sudo)

In /boot/burg/themes/fortune/icons/, edit the hover file and add:
-trisquel { image = "$$/grey_trisquel.png:$$/large_trisquel.png"
to the list.

Do sudo update-burg and you should have it. :)

Hopefully, I'll save someone the past couple hours of annoyance that I've had with doing that.

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v1rati

7 years ago

The line should be:
-trisquel { image = "$$/grey_trisquel.png:$$/large_trisquel.png" }

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trademark91

8 years ago

never mind, i made one myself. ill upload if anyone is interested.

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trademark91

8 years ago

any chance of a backtrack 4 icon?

a black background with the white dragon would look amazing!

heres the image to put on the background ;)
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9639/backtrack.png

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ingalex

8 years ago

Hi! can i add your theme to the burg-manager ?

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OrphanShadow

8 years ago

That would be cool :) Of course you can.

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lukian

8 years ago

I'm multibooting on my netbook to see which O/S suits my needs best.

I'd love to see icons for JoliCloud and MeeGo. :)

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OrphanShadow

8 years ago

I'll try and get them added in the next update :)

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aryamaangiri

8 years ago

Hey, i have burg installed on my ubuntu machine. After extracting your files.. when I enter
"sudo cp - r/home/aryaman/Themes/FortuneBurgTheme/Fortune-BURG/fortune /boot/burg/themes/"
with "/home/aryaman/Themes/FortuneBurgTheme"
as the directory which the files are extracted to. But the terminal gives me an error saying
"cp: cannot stat `/home/aryaman/Themes/FortuneBurgTheme/Fortune-BURG/fortune': No such file or directory"

Could someone please help me and show me where I have gone wrong?

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OrphanShadow

8 years ago

That may be down to how I named the latest package. Try changing the /Fortune-BURG/ part of the command to /Fortune-BURG-v03/

Let me know. I'll amend the install instructions.

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aryamaangiri

8 years ago

No it still doesn't work. I tried doing it via the file manager(nautilus) too but it said "There was an error moving the file into /boot/burg/themes."
and in the more details part it says "Error moving file: Permission denied" even though i am logged on as root. :'(

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OrphanShadow

8 years ago

Thats odd. Have you tried running nautilus with the 'gksu nautilus' command, then copying across to /boot/burg/themes/ ?

You could also check the permissions on the fortune folder, however, I cannot replicate the issue on my 10.04 installation with either command line or GUI methods. My amended install instructions seemed to work fine.

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aryamaangiri

8 years ago

YES !! Thanks a lot ! :D the gksu nautilus command did the trick :D :D

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daas88

8 years ago

this is the most elegant and awesome burg theme yet!
And please, include an arch icon :)
It would be cool if you used this one:
http://yfrog.com/2p107599archicon1p

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OrphanShadow

8 years ago

Arch is Next on My list.

I had to redesign a vector template to fit with the faenza theme as best I could. Having never done vector before, I think its looking good.

Ill keep you posted :)

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yogotiss

8 years ago

Agreed!

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8 years ago

17.08.2010 - v0.1 - First release

18.08.2010 - v0.2 - Added new icons, fixed bug preventing hover effect from working.

18.08.2010 - v0.3 - Optimizations to icon directory hierarchy and inheritance, Added more distribution icons,Updated theme information and documentation

25.02.2012 - Fixed file mirror

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