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

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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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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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Why doesn't BURG replace GRUB?

BURG looks a lot better and user friendly than GRUB, at the same time it get the job done. Why Ubuntu have not switched to it?
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How do I install BURG?

I found the source in launchpad for 11.04 and 10.10 but I don't know how to install or compile it.
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Is burg compatible with 11.04?

Has anybody tested burg on natty? Is it safe?
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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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How to automatically update burg after a kernel update

After every kernel update I have to run update-burg manually. How do I make it automatic?
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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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How do I install burg themes?

I want to install some themes for burg, how do I do that ?
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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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Graphical Themes for GRUB

I am a fan of BURG because it makes GRUB look pretty. However, it hasn't been supported in ages and doesn't work properly on UEFI systems. Has anyone out there made something similar recently?
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Is it possible to have music accompany the BURG screen on startup?

I'm brand new to Ubuntu, but I managed to get 12.04 LTS up and running on my Dell Inspiron 15r. Afterwards, I wanted a snazzier boot screen, so I installed BURG and chose my themes and whatnot. Now I ...
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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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How to have a grub like in Ubuntu-Light?

How can I make my grub screen look like that of Ubuntu Light. I would like to have a GRUB menu similar to this picture:
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Can I keep BURG on a triple boot with Windows 7 and Windows 8?

Having installed windows 8 already on virtual machine, I thought I'd like to see how it actually is, as virtual machine was a bit laggy. Windows 8 can be installed like any other OS, and it supports ...
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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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Burg Compatibility

Is burg compatible with Ubuntu 10.10? And if yes, are there any kind of errors that will appear if install it improperly?
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How to reinstall Grub after burg

How is burg different from Grub. I have installed burg and would like to know if at some point I want to go back to grub, how can I wipe burg and install grub back.
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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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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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GRUB (or rather BURG) takes 30 seconds to load

I installed a new drive today in my old computer. I'm running Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 using BURG as my bootloader. On my old drive grub/burg would load up instantly. However, now that I've replaced ...
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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 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 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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Is there a basic guide to creating themes in Burg?

I have a basic theme idea I'd like to create in burg. I can find some information about customizing existing themes in burg, but not a basic tutorial that shows you how to create your own unique ...
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How to restore grub2 after failed burg installation?

I'm using 12.04 and few minutes ago I tried to install burg according to this guide. I followed everything till the line burg-emu and there, I saw this minimal bash-like line editing is supported. ...
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What BURG Themes are Available

What BURG Themes are Available? How do I install burg themes?
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About Plymouth on 10.10

There are several questions regarding plymouth : 1.Is it safe with Ubuntu Maverick 10.10? 2.Is it reversible? 3.If thing goes wrong , what are the effects? 4.Will it clash with Burg?? Thanks ^^
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How to change the menu order of BURG

I have BURG installed with GRUB2 to provide nice GRUB themes on my GRUB loader. I have it all setup right but I want to know if it's possible to change the order of my menu icons. As of now, I ...
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How do I replace GRUB with Burg?

I was just wondering if it was safe to install BURG on Ubuntu 14.04 and how do to it. It has not been updated for a while, so maybe the project is dead. If it's not possible to replace GRUB with Burg,...
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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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Will replacing GRUB with BURG increase my system's boot time?

I guess BURG will require more time to start, because it displays some eye-candy graphics. If I replaced GRUB with BURG, would the time required to boot into Ubuntu be significantly longer?
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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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How do I handle grub rescue mode after installing burg?

I installed burg on my computer, and after restarting, grub comes up with the following message: GRUB loading. error: no such device: 9b16030c-08f8-4f5d-b228-63e13bca7839 Entering rescue mode... grub ...
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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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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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How to remove and reset everything about burg, grub and plymouth

I'm a newbie to Ubuntu, and I'm using 11.10. I used super boot manager and boot manager, and I messed a lot with burg, grub and plymouth till that whatever I do there will be no change to burg theme ...
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Remove an Extra Entry for Windows 7 in BURG or GRUB?

For some reason I have two entries for the same copy of Windows 7 in burg (and before I installed burg, there were two in the grub menu as well). They are on different partitions but they boot into ...
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install burg theme in grub

I want to change the theme of GRUB using BURG theme,is it possible? I do not want to install BURG in my MBR, just change the default 'GRUB' theme with BURG theme? or stealing the BURG theme and then ...
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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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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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Is there any stable fork of BURG available for Raring?

I had a look at BURG wiki for installing it on 13.04 and it said that BURG is supported for jaunty (9.04), karmic (9.10), lucid (10.04) and maverick (10.10). Is there any fork available for raring (13....
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Installing BURG on 12.10

A while back I was dual booting win 7 and 12.04 and had BURG running just fine. A couple months later I messed up my 12.04 partition and decided the easiest way to fix the problem would be to install ...
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Help with BURG on 12.04

Can anyone tell me if this article for BURG Boot-loader is correct? I'm sure it is due to the fact that I have never had a problem with the site before. But I am always weary of things made for older ...
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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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Broken BURG install after backup/restore

Long story short: BURG is stuck in text mode and I can't seem to get it back to the eye-candy. I have purged and then re-installed to no avail. I am running 12.04. The long story: I originally ...
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Burg Custom Icons work only with specific themes

I have made a custom icon for burg loader for my Lenovo Recovery Partition.I have made 3 icons : large_qdrive.png (128 X 128 pixels) small_qdrive.png (24 X 24 pixels) grey_qdrive.png (128 x 128 ...
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where is my Grub?

Where is my GRUB located?? I want to install BURG now so i want to know where GRUB is. This is my partition table.Plz help. I tried The boot info script but cannot understand anything from its ...
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BURG updates, but doesn't show up in boot up GRUB screen

I recently updated the Linux kernel (via the Update Manager) to 3.0.0-13. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 using BURG. Everything loaded correctly, BURG updated correctly. But when I reboot, when the ...
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Cannot install burg: error during installation

I tried to install burg and I got an error. I've used the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install sudo apt-get install burg ...
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