- #GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
- #GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 FULL VERSION#
- #GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
- #GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
- #GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 MANUAL#
Search for Create and format hard disk partitions and click the result to open Disk Management.
#GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
Warning: It’s important to note that even though it’s safe to use this process to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10, it’s still recommended to create a full backup of your computer before proceeding in case you need to rollback.
#GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 MANUAL#
Instead, it’s recommended to shrink the Windows 10 partition to make room for the Ubuntu installation before proceeding and use the manual setup during install.
#GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
How to shrink Windows 10 partition to install UbuntuĪlthough the Ubuntu setup includes an option to install alongside Windows 10, sometimes it may not work as expected.
#GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 FULL VERSION#
If you don’t have a spare computer to install a full version of Linux, you can alternatively modify your current installation to run Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 on a dual-boot setup. Tinkerer, maker, hacker, teacher, writer, learner, failure.Although on Windows 10, you can now install different Linux distros, including Ubuntu, SUSE, and Fedora, sometimes you may be still required to use the full-blown version of Linux to access a particular tool that you need to get the work done. When we are happy, click on Save and then reboot the machine to see your handiwork! We can also change the font to something cool, but do be careful and some fonts may not work as expected. We can also edit the colour of text, highlighted text, and text backgrounds. We can see a preview of the Grub screen, and it looks good. So I inserted this vanity project cool image. What was the first thing that I used Grub Customizer for? To add a "cool" background to my Grub menu.Ĭlicking on the background image button, we can load a JPEG image to use as a background.
So if I power up the laptop and not touch it, it with automatically boot to Windows. In the above image I have set it to Windows. This can be the first entry, in my case Ubuntu, or we can change it to another option. In General Settings we can change the default entry. Your dual boot laptop may see that you work more with Windows than Linux, that's cool with me. Selecting an entry and right clicking on that entry enables us to edit the information used when booting with that entry. Select the menu item and use that arrows to move it around the menu. So if you want Windows at the top of the list, then you can. Under the List Configuration tab we can change the Grub menu order. Thanks! So what can I do with it? Edit the GRUB menu order It is You dear reader who make this possible, and I am immensely grateful for your support. But I do ask that if you are able and willing, that you buy me a "coffee" as it helps me to pay for hosting this blog, and to buy stuff to hack from Poundshops / Dollar Stores / Aliexpress which are used in free projects and reviews on this blog.
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#GRUB CUSTOMIZER FOR WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
Then we update the list of available repository sources. You will be asked to confirm that you are happy to use the PPA, press Enter to acknowledge. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer To install Grub Customizer, open a terminal and type the following. As such, PPAs are useful tools, but we should always practice caution when using them. Installation is via a PPA, a Personal Package Archive and it is a way that developers can develop and share their apps while waiting for the app to be reviewed by a governing body such as a Debian / Ubuntu packaging maintainer teams. Grub customizer is only for Ubuntu and derivatives based on Ubuntu (Zorin, MX Linux, Linux Mint etc). It was created by Daniel Richter and full details of the project can be found on Launchpad. Grub Customizer is a tool to edit the Grub bootloader menu using an easy GUI application. You've got a dual boot computer and you want to add a little flair to Grub! So what is it?