Blue Screen of Life

Embrace the Blue Screen.

Own this grub theme. Make it the first thing you see...

How to Install

⚠️ Make sure you understand what you are doing. Installation of the theme can cause problems in your system if done incorrectly

Manual Installation (preferred method)

• Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/harishnkr/bsol.git

• Copy the entire bsol/ directory to /boot/grub/themes/ or similar path depending on your distribution

• Change the GRUB_THEME line in /etc/default/grub file:

GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub/themes/bsol/theme.txt"

• For Fedora based systems only: Change the GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG and GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT line in /etc/default/grub file:

GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG="false"
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm"

• Update GRUB with sudo privileges.

For Arch based systems:

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

For Debian based systems:

sudo update-grub

For Fedora based systems:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Using Package manager

If you use Arch linux or derivatives, use this package run grub-install --themes=bsol followed by grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" both with sudo privileges.

Configuration

Choosing font

By default, the theme uses victor mono italic font. Alternatives are as follows:

• Victor Mono Regular 16

To change it, change the line containing the terminal font in the theme.txt file. To suggest another font, open a new issue.

Troubleshooting

Some fixes for issues that may help are as follows. All feedbacks are appreciated

• Make sure this line is commented with a # in the beginning:

  GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
  

• Change resolution with this line:

  GRUB_GFXMODE="[x_res]x[y_res]x32"
  

  (change x_res and y_res to your screen resolution, e.g. 1920x1080)

TODO

• Update the packages on Pling.com, Gnome-look and Opendesktop sites
• Create install script for various distros

Credits

• This amazing guide
• y0uCeF for helping with the AUR package
• This repo for showcasing various themes.