Subject: Re: Dual boot. Ubuntu update removes Debian GRUB.

From: "Stefan.schultz19.5.1991" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:53:47 -0400

Hello Debian support team,

Brian at <[email-masked]> asked a question about my question 2.

> 2/ Is there a Debian approved GRUB boot customizer? I can't find one mentioned anywhere.

Please say what you mean by "boot customizer"?

I did find a GRUB customizer at this link...

http://www.linuxserve.com/2015/05/how-to-install-grub-customizer-406-in.html

If software is not approved by Debian, is it safe to use? It certainly looks very good. A useful utility for dual boot?

I'm a new open source convert!

Thanks for all your help again.

Stefan

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 20:24:52 +0000 (UTC)

> Hello Debian support team,

If you haven't figured it out yet, there is no such thing on this
mailing list.

We are a bunch of users of Debian who try to help each other.

In principle, at least. Most of us.

> If software is not approved by Debian, is it safe to use? It
> certainly looks very good. A useful utility for dual boot?

Oh, hey. I found a tuna sandwich on the sidewalk last night. Looks
pretty good to me! Do you think it's safe to eat?

I'm only asking because I value Brian's expert opinion on matters like
these. Yours too, of course.

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From: Brian <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 19:27:53 +0100

> Hello Debian support team,

Hello Stefan,

The rest of the team are out of the office relaxing in the Northern
Hemisphere Autumn Sun, so it is just me. I expect they will appear when
it gets cooler and they start to feel guilty about leaving me alone.

> If software is not approved by Debian, is it safe to use? It certainly
> looks very good. A useful utility for dual boot?

It is not a matter of whether we approve of any software but whether it has
been packaged for Debian and is in our archives; it doesn't look like
grub-customizer is. There are choices on Debian on what to do about that
because we do not wish to restrict what you use. However, it becomes a little
involved so, as a newcomer. you might want to take the following advice.

We would suggest you do a search with "grub-installer ubuntu PPA" on the
internet. Then boot into Ubuntu and enable the PPA for grub-installer in
/etc/apt/sources.list. See how it behaves and whether it is worth
having.

> I'm a new open source convert!

Welcome to the land of a 1,001 configuration files.