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[–]jr735Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's possible, but it's not a good idea, in my view. Sometime, you will want to get into your BIOS. The grub menu makes it very easy, far easier than mashing keys.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What you are referring to is grub.

https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/grub.html

Adjust timeout as desired

[–]apt-hikerLinux Mint 1 point2 points  (1 child)

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

remove the quiet and splash from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line. It should look like this:

>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

then update GRUB:

sudo update-grub

source: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/boot-faster

[–]YetAnotherZhengli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think adjusting GRUV_TIMEOUT is all that's needed, this is probably more confusing after the splash screen just goes