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LAPIII
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#1
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by LAPIII » 2022-08-12 20:08
I have Peppermint OS which is based on Debian bullseye and I want to skip the GRUB menu. According to
How to remove or hide the GRUB boot menu? from Ask Ubuntu:
To not see the GRUB menu while booting:
Open the /etc/default/grub file using from terminal entering: gksu gedit /etc/default/grub
Change GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 to GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
Save the file and quit the text editor.
Run: sudo update-grub
Reboot.
I ran:
And got:
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LAPIII on 2022-08-12 20:36, edited 1 time in total.
lindi
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#2
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by lindi » 2022-08-12 20:13
You should use
since in general it is not a good idea to run desktop applications as root regardless of the method (sudo, su, gksudo) as they might create root-owned files to your home directory or something equally weird.
CwF
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#3
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by CwF » 2022-08-12 20:26
Since it uses XFCE
would do just fine...
ticojohn
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by ticojohn » 2022-08-12 23:14
Bypassing grub seems spooky to me. If something goes wrong there is no option to boot into safe mode. But to each his own.
I am not irrational, I'm just quantum probabilistic.
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by CwF » 2022-08-13 00:19
ticojohn wrote: ↑ 2022-08-12 23:14
If something goes wrong there is no option to boot into safe mode.
The arrow key will still get you there.
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by ticojohn » 2022-08-13 14:04
CwF wrote: ↑ 2022-08-13 00:19
ticojohn wrote: ↑ 2022-08-12 23:14
If something goes wrong there is no option to boot into safe mode.
The arrow key will still get you there.
And once again I learned something new. Thanks
@CwF
I am not irrational, I'm just quantum probabilistic.