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I am new to Ubuntu.
I am Using Ubuntu 18.04 along with Windows10.
I have gone through the below Q&A and could able to change the name of Ubuntu,

Editing OS names in /etc/default/grub - where is the OS name read from?

But

  1. if i edit the Ubuntu OS name to my choice, it is then adding "GNU/Linux" at the end. for ex. if i want "Ubuntu 18.04" it is then showing as "Ubuntu 18.04 GNU/Linux". how to avoid this text "GNU/Linux"
  2. how to edit the name to my choice which is shown as "Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/sda1)"

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Update:
I Confirm about the text "GNU/Linux" is solved by @Terrance comments.
I still need to try about windows entry.

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Final Update:
Solved.

I thank @Terrance, @Oldfred, @WinEunuuchs2Unix.
All the three methods are working great.
i felt the small script is awesome and very very easy to use. which is written by WinEuuuchs2Unix.

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PRATAP-PANABAKA
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If you just want to change Ubuntu.

sudo nano -B /etc/default/grub

#GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Xubuntu-12.04-amd64 Precise"

sudo update-grub

If you want to change other installs, turn off os-prober in /etc/default/grub, by adding this line:

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true

And then in 40_custom you can put anything you want.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaintenanceFreeCustomGrub2Screen

How to update grub on a dual boot machine?

I also can boot ISO directly from grub.

How do I boot an ISO file from my drive using grub2 on UEFI machines?

I also am converting hd1,gpt4 type entries to use search & labels. Too often I have to manually change drive as I boot, as plugging in USB changes drive number.

How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?

cosmic_b is my install of cosmic on drive sdb, so I labeled it cosmic_b.

menuentry "Cosmic 18.10 on sdb12 test" {
    search --set=root --label cosmic_b --hint hd2,gpt12
    configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg 
}
oldfred
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I hate to break a taboo but the easiest way is modifying grub.cfg.

Create the script my-update-grub containing:

#!/bin/bash

NAME: my-update-grub


PATH: /mnt/e/bin


DESC: Run update-grub and then rename menu entries


DATE: July 13, 2018. (yah it's a Friday)


Must not prefix with sudo when calling script


if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then
    zenity --error --text "You must call this script using sudo. Aborting."
    exit 99
fi


#sudo update-grub # Optional remove # in column 1


sed -i "s|Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)|Windows 10|g" /boot/grub/grub.cfg
sed -i "s|Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/sda1)|Windows 10 original|g" /boot/grub/grub.cfg
sed -i "s|Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (18.04) (on /dev/nvme0n1p6)|Ubuntu 18.04|g" /boot/grub/grub.cfg


exit 0
  • Change comment PATH: to where you put script, probably /usr/local/bin
  • Change Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p2) to your menu option.
  • Change Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (18.04) (on /dev/nvme0n1p6) to your menu option.
  • Delete line with Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/sda1) which probably isn't needed.
  • Remove # in front of # sudo update-grub so you don't have to type that manually before typing sudo my-update-grub.
  • Make the script executable. In your case use: chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/GrubTextEntries
  • After every kernel update, run sudo my-grub-update

I tested this on my system first but, if in doubt, backup first using:

sudo cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.sav

Before and After

The images are a little skewed because I'm limited to capturing them at distorted 1600x1200 in Virtualbox in Ubuntu 16.04:

Before

Before

After

ResizedGrub2.png

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