-As far as I'd read, there is no performance issues with it, so there would be no problems using it. Additionaly, there could be some minty-themes in it.
I did it some time ago. Burg is now the first thing I install whenever I install a fresh version of Mint or any other Ubuntu based distro. (It also works in LMDE) See my post here.
Let us talk about Burg seriously. I installed Burg with Mint 9 and 10, no problems while the installation process or booting.
In virtualbox it works with Win7, Mint Main, Arch and Salix (Xfce) and many other unique system mixes.
I'm using using three mint installations on my harddrive (Mint Main latest stable and the Rc, Mint Debian). So i'm off topic about the usability of operating systems icons (there's one icon for every unique operating system), i have to make my own icons or choose a text based interface or make my own interface.
Making an own interface/theme is easy for people who know general things about pointing to directories in a text file and creating a very simple unique picture with gimp; i'm sure, the mint team is able to build a simple and effective tool to make this work with some clicks.
I use Burg too and love it! The only problem I have with it is that it breaks the startup/shutdown logos (Plymouth?). They go back to being big and ugly. All I actually see at bootup is text and big green dots. At shutdown, the same with giant text. Is there a fix available for this issue? It's not a deal-breaker as otherwise Burg is fantastic, but it is annoying.
This issue existed in Mint 9 64-bit. I'm using Mint 10 64-bit now.
After reading this threat, I have tested Burg, and I like what I see, so I vote for Burg.
But in general my boot(and loader)-screen are very ugly since I have installed die official ATI drivers. Befor the that installation the boot-screen was nice, but the desktop had many glitches...
jlr1701 wrote:I use Burg too and love it! The only problem I have with it is that it breaks the startup/shutdown logos (Plymouth?). They go back to being big and ugly. All I actually see at bootup is text and big green dots. At shutdown, the same with giant text. Is there a fix available for this issue? It's not a deal-breaker as otherwise Burg is fantastic, but it is annoying.
This issue existed in Mint 9 64-bit. I'm using Mint 10 64-bit now.
jlr1701 wrote:I use Burg too and love it! The only problem I have with it is that it breaks the startup/shutdown logos (Plymouth?). They go back to being big and ugly. All I actually see at bootup is text and big green dots. At shutdown, the same with giant text. Is there a fix available for this issue? It's not a deal-breaker as otherwise Burg is fantastic, but it is annoying.
This issue existed in Mint 9 64-bit. I'm using Mint 10 64-bit now.
Did something similar happen while you used grub?
Yeah, it did, but I'm aware of the fix for that. No worries. I used the script available here to (sort of) fix this Burg issue:
The startup logo still doesn't look right. It starts up with "Linux Mint 10" in large text with green dots below it but then switches to a very small version of the same. The shutdown logo looks fine now, though. Is there just not a Mint logo in Julia yet?
It's much better now than it was. It would be nice for it to look perfect, but I can live with it as is.
i must admit that i would much prefer to be greeted by burg than grub when i boot up my computer, and many windows users are more likely to be attracted by the eye candy...
it would have to be a lot easier than grub2 to change though. grub is a nightmare.....
