Public bug reported:
The names of the entries added to a typical Ubuntu-Windows dual-boot
GRUB menu are meaningless, if not even uncomforting and confusing to the
average user. For instance, my Ubuntu 12.04 alpha install has the
following entries:
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-9-generic
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-9-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-8-generic
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-8-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)
which is problematic in several ways:
- The kernel versions that we show in the Ubuntu entries do not at all
relate to anything that we present to an average user in the rest of the
system ("what is a kernel anyway?").
- There are multiple Ubuntus to choose from, with the average user not
really knowing what the difference should be. ("Why do I have multiple
Ubuntus now?" / "Why keep these old versions if there is a newer one?")
- The memory test entries are not useful most of the time, but still
very visibly clutter the boot menu and make it more tedious to select
the secondary operating system entries beneath them.
- The Windows entry has a "(loader)" suffix appended which seemingly
signifies that it boots from a separate boot partition (as is the
default case for Windows Vista and 7), but is absolutely needless
information to the user.
Ideally, the menu would look something like this:
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 12.04 (recovery mode)
Windows 7
or, including the second newest kernel version:
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 12.04 (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 12.04 (last known good)
Windows 7
** Affects: grub (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Default GRUB menu entries are overly technical
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