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List:       ubuntu-devel-discuss
Subject:    Re: Feature request: "Restart to ..." option
From:       Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt () canonical ! com>
Date:       2015-11-05 9:05:06
Message-ID: 563B1BC2.3020300 () canonical ! com
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No one wrote on 02/11/15 12:09:
> ...
> 
> This feature would parse the entries in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, and
> list them in a menu called "Restart to...", next to Shutdown,
> Restart, Suspend, etc. So you could for example choose "Restart to
> Ubuntu 14.04 LTS" or whatever. After rebooting, the GRUB menu would
> be skipped and the chosen option would be loaded directly.

I designed something similar a couple of years ago.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionHandling#Restart>
<http://launchpad.net/bugs/165065>

I optimized for dual-booting, including only a button for restarting
into one other system. But if there are three or more systems, it
could be a combo button, with a menu listing the other options.

Ubuntu Light -- not the Ubuntu Light font, not the Ubuntu Light
themes, but the 2010-vintage Ubuntu Light "instant-on" environment --
included a "Restart Into Windows" button in its launcher.
<http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/ubuntu-light-review-the-future-of-ubuntu-in-mobile-devices>
So code exists to do this, somewhere.

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mpt

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