KGRUBEditor 0.8.5

Name: KGRUBEditor
Version: 0.8.5
Type: KDE System Tool
Depend: KDE 4.x
License: GPL
Homepage:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kgrubeditor
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=75442

Description:
 [b]DESCRIPTION[/b]
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.

[b]VERSION 0.8.5[/b]
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.

[b]HOW TO INSTALL[/b]
For installation instructions check the INSTALL
file inside the source tarball.

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

[b]SVN[/b]
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:
[url]https://kgrubeditor.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kgrubedit...

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

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

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

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

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

[i]sudo apt-get install subversion kdelibs5-dev
build-essential[/i]

[b]PACKAGES[/b]
Currently there are packages for the following
Linux distributions:

Arch Linux
Fedora
Gentoo
openSuSE
Ubuntu

[b]For Arch users:[/b] The package is available
through the AUR community repository.

[b]For openSUSE users:[/b] 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.

[b]For Ubuntu users:[/b] 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.

Changelog:
 v.0.8.5
-------
*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
-------
*ADDED: A brand-new System Settings module.
*FIXED: Some minor fixes over version 0.8.

v.0.8
-----
*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:
[url]http://artfowl.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-kgrubeditor-versi...
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