Change your Ubuntu splash screen background
There have been a lot of users complaining about the new Ubuntu 9.10 splash screen. First users are complaining that cosmetically it looks unprofessional and tacky. Second, there is no obvious way to configure this splash screen. Ubuntu used to use the Usplash, but with a strong push in 10.04 to reach the 10 second boot time, a big change had to be made in the way X Windows was prioritized. That is where xsplash comes in. But with Xsplash you are pretty much limited to what Ubuntu gives you for a splash screen – or at least you were. Now, with the help of a handy Python script, and a bit of magics, you can use any image to work as your splash screen. To make things even easier, it is possible to change both your wallpaper and your splash screen concurrently.
What you will need for this bit o' trickery is a working Ubuntu 9.10 using Xsplash (it's the default, so you won't have to monkey with that installation), a python script, imagemagick, and a groovy wallpaper to use. That's it.
There have been a lot of users complaining about the new Ubuntu 9.10 splash screen. First users are complaining that cosmetically it looks unprofessional and tacky. Second, there is no obvious way to configure this splash screen. Ubuntu used to use the Usplash, but with a strong push in 10.04 to reach the 10 second boot time, a big change had to be made in the way X Windows was prioritized. That is where xsplash comes in. But with Xsplash you are pretty much limited to what Ubuntu gives you for a splash screen – or at least you were. Now, with the help of a handy Python script, and a bit of magics, you can use any image to work as your splash screen. To make things even easier, it is possible to change both your wallpaper and your splash screen concurrently.
What you will need for this bit o' trickery is a working Ubuntu 9.10 using Xsplash (it's the default, so you won't have to monkey with that installation), a python script, imagemagick, and a groovy wallpaper to use. That's it.