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Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

lsb-release file to give grub more meaningful information

I am always struggling to identify my Q4OS installation from the grub menu when another OS controls it, I have placed a lsb-release file in mine to now identify the OS as Q4OS rather than just Debian Buster/Bullseye which makes it more obvious from the boot menu, Below are the files I used which simply need to be saved as /etc/lsb-release.

For Centaurus

PRETTY_NAME="Q4OS Centaurus"
DISTRIB_ID=Q4OS
DISTRIB_RELEASE=3.11.2-n1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=Centaurus
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Q4OS V3 Centaurus"

For Gemini

PRETTY_NAME="Q4OS Gemini"
DISTRIB_ID=Q4OS
DISTRIB_RELEASE=4.0.1-n1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=Gemini
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Q4OS V4 Gemini"

It would be great if Q4OS could identify itself better to grub when it is not the controlling OS, and for the sake of < 150 bytes I think it would be very worthwhile.

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: lsb-release file to give grub more meaningful information

Yes, we will check a possibility to make this change in Q4OS. First we need to investigate some possible consequences, so please be patient.

Dai_trying

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: lsb-release file to give grub more meaningful information

I'm sure there is no rush for this, so thank you for considering it.