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Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB, is an alternative boot loader forked from GRUB2.

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How to remove BURG and restore GRUB?

I installed the BURG bootloader today in order to give my boot up screen some style. However, when I choose Ubuntu from the list it freezes on a screen with a bunch of code. Thankfully, I am still ...
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burg working, but themes aren't

It worked before, but for some reason now I can't change the booting visual anymore. When I run burg-emu on Terminal, this appears: This is exactly how it looks like when I boot the PC. But I can't ...
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Not replacing deleted config file /etc/default/burg?

I uninstalled and purged BURG bootloader and all it's repositories and files but when I try to reinstall it, I get an error saying "Not replacing deleted config file /etc/default/burg" and when it ...
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Is it possible to completely disable Grub timeout?

I am setting up a dual boot install for my wife's computer. I would like to disable the timeout for selecting OS that defaults to Ubuntu so the computer wont boot without making a selection. (IE. ...
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How to install burg bootloader in ubuntu 20.04?

Tried many ways, but it seems a dead end. Tried the installation method for Ubuntu 16.04 but it keeps giving errors.
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Is it safe to switch from GRUB2 to BURG?

I have Ubuntu 17.10 and Windows 10 installed in dual-boot (Non-UEFI) with GRUB2 as my default bootloader. It looks kinda old-fashioned boot-menu, I want a GUI boot-menu with a better look. I searched ...
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Grub Customizer Theme Error - Can't Find "theme.txt"

What I've Done: Fresh Install of Ubuntu 14.04 Installed BURG on all 4 of my hard drives (plus hd0) Seems to work fine Install GRUB Customizer and run as root in BURG Mode Then I get this error: ***...
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GRUB 2 "The current input timing is not supported" on Ubuntu 14.04

I have monitor DELL u2412m, on my machine Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 8.1 are installed. BURG didn't work, I wanted to fix it, but with no luck, instead I messed that up and computer just rebooted again ...
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BURG doesn't identify Windows 10 but GRUB2 finds windows 10

Well, I really hated GRUB2 's UI. So I thought of moving to BURG. I'm using Windows 10 with Ubuntu 15.10 and Kali-Linux Triple-boot. i installed BURG though https://insanelyi.com/topic/22925-grub-...
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Is it safe to switch my bootloader to BURG?

I have Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows on a single hard disk. After reading it became clear that there are some options to have the bootloader changed into a screen with just the Ubuntu and Windows icon. ...
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Differences between GRUB, GRUB2 and BURG

I know GRUB, GRUB2 and BURG are boot loaders. What is the differences between the three?
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After installing BURG my computer no longer boots Windows.. someone please help

Ok so to start with I have an Alienware X51 R3 desktop computer. Yesterday I decided that I wanted to be able to dual-boot Windows 10 (the default OS) and Ubuntu 16.04. So to do this I freed up 40g ...
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Installing BURG: ppa not working

I'm trying to install BURG to substiture Grub, on Ubuntu 14.04 (I need dual boot with Windows 7) I've tried to install burg-manager, to install burg from there. It seems all ok, it doesn't give ...
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Help for install grahpical boot loader in Linux Ubuntu Budgie Desktop 18.04.1

I use Ubuntu Linux with Budgie Desktop 18.04.1 It has a very nice and aesthetic interface, my big problem that I have installed Windows 10 and Linux Ubuntu Desktop Budgie 18.04.1, but I do not like ...
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How to install BURG on Ubuntu 18.04?

Is there a way to install burg theme with grub-customizer or is there any other installer for it? Because I did not find any.
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Graphical boot loader

I am currently on Ubuntu 17.10 and I want to switch the ugly GRUB boot loader with a nicer GUI one. I searched for this and I found burg but this is impossible to install it with the original ppa: ...
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Is BURG still supported?

I would like to make my boot screen a bit nicer, so in a search i stumbled across BURG. When I try to add the ppa and update like the instructions here, it returns a 404 error at sudo apt update. Has ...
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What are blocklists and why are they considered unreliable?

I'm new to Linux and was just wondering what blocklists are and why they are considered unreliable. Example of my problem: will@Will-PC:~$ sudo burg-install /dev/sda1 /usr/sbin/burg-setup: warn: ...
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How to install BURG on Ubuntu 17.04

I get a package error in BURG on Ubuntu 17.04 as they aren't in Zesty Zapus repositories yet. Can anyone tell me how to install them? Step by step if you can. Thanks
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How do I get Burg on 16.04?

Burg themes won't install on Ubuntu 16.04, after adding the repository and trying to run apt-get update it just fails with "Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu/dists/yakkety/...
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BURG installation

I've been reading about the BURG bootloader as a replacement for GRUB2. If I install BURG, will it overwrite GRUB and all of its settings? How will things work, and how do I install themes?
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Where to install Burg?

I've seen a lot of guides to install Burg, but they all say do: sudo burg-install /dev/sda And replace sda with whatever drive my boot information is on. When I do sudo fdisk -l, I get: ...
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Getting weird error installing Burg

I tried installing Burg to make my dual boot look better. So, I followed these instructions up to the part where it says: "BURG found! Do you want to configure BURG instead of grub2?, click Yes.". ...
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Trying to install Burg Bootloader. /boot/burg/burg.cfg missing

I am using the grub customizer GUI but I can't get it to work. I get this error message: burg-mkconfig couldn't be executed successfully. error message: Generating burg.cfg ... /usr/sbin/burg-probe:...
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How to install BURG on Ubuntu 16.04

I cannot find any PPA that contains BURG for Ubuntu 16.04. How can I install it?
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Burg will not detect grub on install

Ubuntu version: 16.04 Grub version: grub-install (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.2 Computer: Acer Aspire S7 392 Dual booting: Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 /boot/grub/device.map file not found Result of ...
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Removing Windows and Ubuntu recovery partitions (BURG)

I have Ubuntu and Windows installed on my computer and I'm using BURG boot loader. At the moment I have 4 entries in the boot menu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu recovery, Windows recovery and windows. This is quite ...
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BURG can't detect filesystem in Ubuntu 16.10

It's years now that I'm using BURG, I know it's no longer in development but was working fine for me and I knew how to tweak this or that to accomplish what I wanted. I had Ubuntu 16.04 and like the ...
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Burg + UEFI + Win 8 multiboot

Intro: After some trial and error I've managed to install Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on my Win 8 preinstalled Lenovo Ideapad Y500. So far I've had two problems: Grub detected the windows 8 install as a ...
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Can't use burg instead of grub2

I'm currently running on Ubuntu gnome 16.04 alongside windows 10 in double boot. I've just installed Burg, and the sudo burg-emu -d command works just fine. I'm able to choose the theme I want. But ...
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How to hide clean message of fsck on startup?

I have seen that many Ubuntu user feel that clean message makes them feel like error in their system due to this -> /dev/sda3: clean, 291272/4292608 files, 480345/18174432 blocks Since it is not any ...
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How to completely remove all BURG packages from system

I need to start fresh with installing BURG instead of GRUB on my system, and I need ALL of its packages and files GONE. Sorry if this is a newbie thing. :)
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Interal Hard Disk not found after installing BURG to update grub

Hello I have an Alienware X51 R3 desktop computer, it orginally came with Windows 10, but I wanted it to be able to duel boot with Ubuntu 16.04. So after successfully installing it and having the ...
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Splash screen missing after Burg installed

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 on dual boot with Windows and I'm using Burg instead of Grub. Dual boot works fine. The Burg's theme works fine too. But the splashscreen is missing during loading of Ubuntu, ...
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Make dual booting less of a hassle

I was wondering if any of you have a simple guide to make this possible Ubuntu on separate disk Dual boot with windows 10 Nice boot menu, something like burg with metro A non hassle way of ...
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Disable text output on startup?

So I have a Ubuntu 15.10 machine with burg installed. Now when I start my machine and select Ubuntu from burg, before Ubuntu loads, some text output is shown on the screen. Now I don't know what this ...
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Is running Burg on 15.04 possible?

Is it possible to have grub2 replaced with burg on Ubuntu 15.04? I had it on 14.04 but I'm struggling to get it on 15.04, does there need to be in a repository for 15.04 or something like that? If so, ...
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Windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04 using Burg bootloader

I am trying to make the Burg boot loader to work correctly. I install burg but it only sees Ubuntu and the recovery images. After I do sudo update-burg, I get this warning: Generating burg.cfg ... ...
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question during burg configuration in 14.04

when trying to install burg I get the following message: The following linux command line was extracted from /etc/default/grub or the 'kopt' parameter in grub legacy's menu.lst. please verify that ...
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i cant boot ubuntu after trying to install burg

So I tried to install Burg through super boot manager and so I clicked remove grub and then install burg. So I did that and it said that it was successful so I rebooted to see what it looked like and ...
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How to install BURG on Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 8 dual boot?

I've dual booted my laptop with Windows 8 pro and Ubuntu 13.04 Now i want to try themes on the grub2 because the grub 2 UI sucks :( I've that BURG solves the problem for that so can anyone help me ...
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How to prevent switch to text mode during boot

I'm trying to get a full graphical boot in ubuntu. That is using burg/grub in graphical mode and launching the kernel directly in graphical mode, without switching to text mode and then back to ...
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Burg install error

Im trying to install Burg bootloader. OS is Ubuntu 14.04LTS and Windows (unable to access through Grub since the Ubuntu update) When I run the Grub Customizer I get the following error: burg-mkconfig ...
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What BURG Themes are Available

What BURG Themes are Available? How do I install burg themes?
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Burg boot loader themes are not working

My Burg Boot Loader in Ubuntu 14.04 , isn't showing themes. I have Tried Installing Burg Many Times by different methods . but the themes are not working at all They are not shown up on burg-emu nor ...
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Cannont install super boot manager

I want to customize my plymouth, by using super boot manager. I added the repo and then updated, there is no problem at all. After I tryed to install super-boot-manager something went wrong. I get ...
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Unable to boot Windows 8.1 anymore

I have a Dell laptop which came with Windows 8.1 pre-loaded. I decided to dual boot with ubuntu 14.04.10 and everything was working fine. I was able to boot to both windows 8.1 and ubuntu 14.04.10 ...
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Burg theme not working

I have successfully installed burg in order to replace that ugly grub since I have a dual boot. So it shows perfectly. Using Gurb Manager I even managed to remove unwanted entries. But I can't install ...
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Can't put Theme on Burg boot/burg/themes, it said "Permission not Granted"

How to get permission for all directory ? Because every-time I want to put themes on that directory, it always said "Permission not Granted". I did research, but not help.
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how to remove burg-pc error

When applying any software from Ubuntu Software Center it tells me that: Errors were encountered while processing: burg-pc The software installed, but because of the error I need to remove it.