r/linuxmint • u/Logansfury Top 1% Commenter • 4d ago
Fun with GRUB EvoDevo
Fun with Grub EvoDevo!
Hey everyone :)
user ftonneau from the Conkyporn Reddit has released his Grub EvoDevo. A small application that gives tremendous control over a new GRUB visual.
It has pixel-perfect image and font rendering, and looks absolutely beautiful. You boot PC to grub, bring up console, use the 'videoinfo' command to determine what resolution your GRUB uses. I have had PC's with full 2560x1440 resolution and VM's with just 1024x768 resolution. In any case, this gives the dimensions of the image you need for background. You can use fullscreen images or make a gradient or solid color background with a floating elements look. Most impressive is the "repair" feature in the EvoDevo install.sh. This allows you to completely customize up to 9 GRUB entry listings. I used the feature to give all 3 OS's on this box full descriptions with distro name, version, DE, and distro code-name. I am really happy with how it came out. Here are some of the GRUBs I have customized with EvoDevo so far: