KGRUBEditor

DESCRIPTION
KGRUBEditor is a KDE utility, that edits GRUB's configuration files through an inituitive user interface. It combines both ease of use with flexibility and is the perfect solution for those who want to configure GRUB, without messing with its files.

NOTE FOR OPENSUSE USERS
When multi-booting, openSUSE uses the not-so-common configfile command which is NOT recognised by KGRUBEditor. Therefore, KGRUBEditor could really harm your installation. Use it on your own risk!

VERSION 0.8.5
This version is bugfix-only, meaning it contains no new features, only improvements over the previous version major version (0.8.1).

It should be ultra-stable so please report any bugs you come across.

HOW TO INSTALL
For installation instructions check the INSTALL file inside the source tarball.

VERSION UPDATES
You can find more about KGRUBEditor in my constantly updated blog: http://artfowl.blogspot.com/

SVN
The source code is fully documented so you may freely take a look at it and post comments/fixes. You may check the latest SVN version using this SVN repository:
https://kgrubeditor.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kgrubeditor

In order to stay up-to-date with the SVN repository at any time follow these instructions:

mkdir -p ~/Development/svn/kgrubeditor && mkdir -p ~/Development/Builds/kgrubeditor
cd ~/Development/svn/kgrubeditor
svn co https://kgrubeditor.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kgrubeditor kgrubeditor/
cd ../../Builds/kgrubeditor
cmake ../../svn/kgrubeditor/trunk/ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr && make && sudo make install

From now on in order to update your local copy do the following:

cd ~/Development/svn/kgrubeditor
svn up
cd ../../Builds/kgrubeditor
make && sudo make install

Some packages are of course required. For [K]ubuntu the following command will install the minimum required to compile KGRUBEditor:

sudo apt-get install subversion kdelibs5-dev build-essential

PACKAGES
Currently there are packages for the following Linux distributions:

Arch Linux
Fedora
Gentoo
openSuSE
Ubuntu

For Arch users: The package is available through the AUR community repository.

For openSUSE users: The package is available in the KDE4 repositories. The download link is pointing to a page describing how you'll be able to subscribe to these repositories.

For Ubuntu users: The package is available from the KDE4 PPA repository. The download link is pointing to a page describing how you'll be able to subscribe to this repository.

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Note: All screenshots are up-to-date.

v.0.8.5
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*FIXED: LaunchPad bug #262035.
*FIXED: LaunchPad bug #271819.
*FIXED: LaunchPad bug #262269.
*FIXED: Improved the Splash Image section.
*FIXED: Show entry icon when clicking "Show Details".
*FIXED: Many other minor fixes.

v.0.8.1
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*ADDED: A brand-new System Settings module.
*FIXED: Some minor fixes over version 0.8.

v.0.8
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*ADDED: Created a new SystemSettings module out of KGRUBEditor.
*ADDED: A more user-friendly approach to selecting the default entry.
*ADDED: A quick entry editor (along with the full-blown Assistant).
*ADDED: Support for monitoring splash images/gfxmenus.
*ADDED: A smarter way to detect splash images.
*ADDED: Introduced an entry preview widget.
*ADDED: A new Tools page.
*FIXED: A totally remade Entries page.
*FIXED: AutoMagic support is now even better.
*FIXED: The application no longer needs to be run as root.
*FIXED: Better handling of paths (they are always converted to GRUB-compatible).
*FIXED: Many other bugs/fixes/corrections.
*REMOVED: A fallback control. Fallback is still detected but not shown to the user.

A visual changelog for KGRUBEditor 0.8 can be found here: http://artfowl.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-kgrubeditor-version-08-visual.html