Little customization of GRUB menu.

[iX]

Hi!
With PC start, GRUB boot menu appears.
It displays "Ubuntu".
But I have Kubuntu!
Is there some little trick in the grub config files to fix this?
I dont want to install any graphical grub - customizer, looking for config - tricking only!
I just want to see "Kubuntu" on the boot menu items...

[oshunluvr]

You can edit the 10_linux and 30_osprober files in /etc/grub.d to change the output. Do a

lsb_release -a

to see what grub will pick up. You might want to read this page: http://ubuntu-install.blogspot.com/2...le-tweaks.html

[Rog132]

The older (pre Trusty) Kubuntus did install the /etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg:

#! /bin/sh
set -e

# Hijack distributor if it is Ubuntu (default on Ubuntu systems...)
if [ "${GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR}" = "Ubuntu" ] ; then
  GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Kubuntu"
fi

After you have added the 50_kubuntu.cfg run the

sudo update-grub

to update the grub configs.

Seems to work with the Trusty - at here (*).


(*) at here = non UEFI/SecureBoot system

The reason why the 50_kubuntu.cfg was dropped - http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changel...tu15/changelog :

kubuntu-settings (1:14.04ubuntu15) trusty; urgency=medium

* [desktop] Drop etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg which contained a
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR override to turn from Ubuntu into Kubuntu. This issue
has caused a substantial amount of UEFI/SecureBoot issues, and once again
is causing Kubuntu to not correctly install on such systems.
The primary difference is that grub-install will base various attributes
of the UEFI boot entry on the information set in the variable. However for
signed UEFI loaders to work it must be locked to the signing name
(i.e. ubuntu). Instead of continuing to patch compatibility mapping from
kubuntu to ubuntu every once in a while and having broken UEFI in the
meantime, we are now stopping to set this variable. While this slightly
degrades branding (i.e. grub entries will show Ubuntu rather than Kubuntu)
it is in everyone's best interest to not keep screwing up installation for
no good reason.

-- Harald Sitter <apachelogger@****> Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:30:26 +0200

[Snowhog]

I do it even simpler, editing /etc/default/grub (as root) and changing:

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Ubuntu'

to

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Kubuntu'

Save and close and then in a console type:

sudo update-grub2

I do recognize that if /etc/default/grub gets updated my change has to be redone. Rog132's method prevents that from happening.

[iX]

Thanks guys, now I get "Kubuntu"...

[geoaraujo]

Hi. My file says GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
It says Ubuntu on grub menu, but I would like to change it back to Kubuntu too, as it was before 14.04. How?