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CUSTOMISING UBUNTU BOOT SPLASH SCREEN

Are you bored with the purple boot splash screen in Ubuntu? You can customize the boot splash screen as you wish. After reading this post you will be able to play with your splash screen. 1. Use your favorite Wallpaper to replace the Purple boot splash: NOTE: 1.  Ensure the desktop wallpaper is the correct resolution for your monitor 2. Here there is no animation INSTRUCTIONS: Open a terminal by pressing  CTRL + ALT + T  and type: sudo mkdir /lib/plymouth/themes/simple This will create a folder called “simple”. After that rename your wallpaper as “ wallpaper.png ”. Now we need to copy the wallpaper to  /lib/plymouth/themes/simple. Open nautilus by typing  gksu nautilus   in the terminal. Now copy the wallpaper to  /lib/plymouth/themes/simple . Return to the terminal and type: sudo gedit /lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.plymouth In gedit paste the following: [Plymouth Theme] Name=Simple Description=Wall...

CUSTOMISING PLYMOUTH THEME

You can change your plymouth theme ( Ubuntu boot splash) as you wish. In this post I will tell you how to change your plymouth theme. Plymouth themes can be downloaded from the internet. You can download plymouth themes from gnome-look website. You have to extract the downloaded theme file. Now open a terminal by pressing  CTRL + ALT +T . Now type the following in the terminal: gksunautilus Now copy the extracted theme file to  /lib/plymouth/themes Copy the file “ splash”  to   /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d   (Optional, for better buffer) . Now type the following in the terminal: sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-sunrise/ubuntu-sunrise.plymouth 200 sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth Choose the number associated with your theme. Type in the terminal sudo update-initramfs –u Now type sudo reboot That's it. Yo...