How to Change the Kali Linux GRUB Background
GRUB is the Boot Loader on GNU/Linux, which allows us to choose the operating system to boot or run on the device, GRUB is very useful for those of us who often use more than one Operating System or Distro on the device, this is called Multiple Boot .
In each distribution, GRUB has a different look and settings. Like the picture above which is the default display of GRUB on the Kali Linux 2 distro which has a blue background and white text.
Maybe you feel bored with the look because you have seen it for too long and are the same with many people. So in this post, I will give a tutorial on how to change the GRUB background on Kali Linux. You can also use this tutorial if you are using a Debian distro, because Kali Linux is made from debian-based.
Steps to Change Kali Linux GRUB Background
Prepare an image file in “.png” format that you will use as the GRUB background. Rename the image file to be unique so it’s easy to remember. To make it easier to manage and replace, copy the file and move it to a directory usr -> share -> images -> desktop-base, because the file contains GRUB background image files, Desktop backgrounds and so on.
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| Prepare Files for GRUB Background |
Then open the file “grub.cfg” which contains the GRUB configuration located in a directory or folder boot -> grub, click file “grub.cfg” it to open.
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| GRUB Configuration File |
Then the file will open with the text editor gedit, by default. Press combination CTRL + F on the keyboard, so that a small search box will appear, type “png” (without the quotes) to find the previous GRUB background image file.
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Then it will find all the text with the character “png” in the file which is usually marked with a yellow background.
Text “png” in the image below that has a yellow mark is the default GRUB background image file, which is a file named “kali-grub.png”
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| Previous GRUB Background Files |
Then change the text “kali-grub.png” with the name of the image file that you prepared earlier, don’t forget to keep giving the extension “.png” because it is the image file format. Save the configuration by pressing the combination CTRL + S on the keyboard.
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| Rename the GRUB Background File |
Exit and restart your laptop or computer, and see the background in GRUB has changed with the image you want. Safe!
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| GRUB Display After Successfully Changing Background |
