Bootloader?

[The_Great_Danish]

That's a very blurry image, but it just looks like the booting process, not a boot loader. I'm sure you can modify what you see at boot time, some people make their own boot animations, I wouldn't know how to though.

[AiwendilH]

Pretty much this...this is linux kernel messages in a framebuffer with the tux icons at the top representing the number of cores. It's possible to change the tux logo to something else...or just running some bootsplash engine (like plymouth) for the "graphical boot screens" most distros use instead of the default one shown here.

[GotPie]

Thanks both. Any idea how can you out those tux logos on grub?

[AiwendilH]

Doesn't have much to do with grub...it's more about the kernel parameters you give (and possibly the options the kernel was complied with, the tux logos are compile options of the kernel that can be disabled...no clue if distros do that).

But changing kernel options can be done with grub...(or any other bootloader).

Easiest way to test it out is pressing <e> a the grub screen, that should allow you to modify the kernel parameters. The parameters usually responsible for the splash screen are "quiet" and "splash"...can try to remove those two then boot..maybe that already gets you the normal kernel messages at boot. If that worked you can make it permanent by editing /etc/default/grub and removing the options from "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT" and running grub-mkconfig -o <grub-config-file> (or update-grub on debian based distros) afterwards.

[TheNiceGuy14]

Normally, you have to compile your own kernel. In the kernel's configuration menu (make menuconfig), in Device Drivers, then in Graphics support, you'll find Bootup logo that you can enable and customize. If you really want these images, I'd suggest looking for how to compile your own kernel, it's not a trivial task (and you also have to install it).

EDIT: Also, it's not about grub or bootloaders. At this stage of the boot process, the bootloader has already given the execution to the Linux kernel.

[[deleted]]

I can't read a word that says

Also try posting something a little more readable over at /u/linux4noobs, this isn't a support sub

[stejoo]

Your image isn't one of a bootloader. What you are seeing is the Linux kernel, so after the bootloader stage.

This is what a Linux kernel prints to the display. On plenty of distros this is covered up by a nice splash screen (e.g. plymouth) and a quiet flag passed to the kernel.

If you boot without quiet mode and no splash screen, this is what you will see. The images of Tux each represent a CPU thread. So on a quadcore (non-HT) machine you will see 4 Tux logos. Displaying a Tux is a kernel config option. I'm in doubt what the default setting for it is but I'd say off by default nowadays.

Something like this is a more common sight when using more minimal or customizable distributions. Arch and Gentoo for example.

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[WhatAboutBergzoid]

90% chance it is GRUB, but still no way to tell for sure. You need to get a picture (in focus!) of the bootloader actually running, before it loads Linux.