We all know that the GRUB loading menu that greets many of upon boot isn’t the most stylish or modern looking interface – even adding a poorly pixelated picture background can’t save it from looking lame. 
Well, getting a gorgeous, animated and informative boot-loader is no longer a dream thanks to ‘Brand New Universal Bootloader’ (more commonly referred to as ‘BURG’.)
Admittedly, "BURG" may sound like something from the depths of Star Trek mythology but the letters actually stand for "Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB" and is based on the GRUB bootloader. A bevvy of cool features and enhancements make it an option well worth considering if you like to beautify your system. Here’s a video of BURG in action: –
Install BURG
Here sits my warning – don’t try this unless you’re really sure you want to. Whilst there shouldn’t be any frakk-ups this is a delicate area of your system and things will go awry without attention or intention!
Add the BURG PPA:-
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bean123ch/burg
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install burg burg-themes
Install BURG to your Master Boot Record
Install burg to your MBR using the command below. Substitute ‘hd0’ with an alternative drive if needed.
- sudo burg-install "(hd0)"
Update BURG entries
You MUST run this step or you may be left scratching your head upon reboot when nothing shows up
- sudo update-burg
Theming
Here are a selection of some of the more popular themes: -
Previewing Your GRUB Menu
You can preview your GRUB theme without rebooting providing you have first done all of the above steps
- burg-emu
