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I recently discovered via the Ubuntu Geek blog, a simple tool for customizing your GRUB boot menu. If you’re not familiar, the GRUB menu is the screen you see shortly before your Linux OS starts up. In a dual-boot setup, it is particularly important, because this is where you choose which operating system to boot to. Generally the setup is done via editing the file /boot/grub/menu.lst, but using the program makes it much easier. To install on Ubuntu:

sudo aptitude install startupmanager

Then, you can access it via System, Administration, Startup-Manager.

From here, it is easy to set options such as how long to wait before booting (timeout), as well as many display options. The other tabs allow you to customize the GRUB menu colors and theme, password protection, and specifying which entries will be visible. It is even possible to change the Ubuntu image that is displayed while things are loading. A nice little tool to completely theme your desktop.

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