Entries from April 2008

April 21, 2008

Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0

Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0 is a set of tools based on supported versions of Microsoft Visual Studio tools that allow students and hobbyists to build games for both Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. XNA Game Studio also includes the XNA Framework, which is a set of managed libraries based on the Microsoft .NET Framework [...]

April 14, 2008

Changing Ubuntu Bootsplash

sudo apt-get install startupmanager
Be sure to set the resolution to 1024×768.
Add the ***.so file under Manage usplash themes (Downloaded from GNOME Look)
Widescreen
Startupmanager doesn’t support those resolutions so you have to do something else.
Start by adding the .so file as previous described. Don’t mind the resolution.
sudo apt-get install hwinfo
sudo hwinfo –framebuffer
Look for your optimal resolution 24bit.
Remember [...]

April 11, 2008

Making GRUB Splashimages

Here is a simple way to make your own Grub Splashimage:

Create your own Graphic image.png

convert -resize 640×480 -colors 14 image.png image.xpm && gzip image.xpm

copy image.xpm to /boot/grub/

vim /boot/grub.menu.lst

Add the following line

splashimage (hd0,1)/boot/grub/image.xpm
Note: Assuming your Linux partition as /dev/hda2