New boot splash graphics

[merkur2k]

Having Kubuntu boot splash graphics has bothered me for awhile, and i finally got bored enough to see about changing it.
I have been working with bdfoster on irc to come up with some ideas for this, and we have the following rough draft:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Image:Linuxmce-splashy-ss1.png
Please let us know what you think, good or bad!
In the end this will be all packaged up into a .deb and hopefully included in the release ver of 0810.

[mami]

looks nice.

And it's good you are trying to change the boot splash...

/Mami

[wierdbeard65]

Cool

Will this be for MDs as well as the core?

[cirion]

Cool

Looking forward to getting a LMCE splashy

[itspac]

brand identity.....  couldn't hurt.  not a big fan of the gradient, but otherwise, think it looks good.

[cirion]

With those colors, at least something matches the Fiire remote

[krys]

Here are my thoughts, I like the simple splash screens. Plain background with just the progress bar, program name, and usually a small simple logo.

Examples.... i just threw together this logo, i know it has nothing to do with LMCE, its just a placeholder.

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Image:Linuxmce-splashy-alt_small.png
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Image:Linuxmce-splashy-alternate.png

I do like the idea of having the version somewhere small and out of the way though.
-Krys

[jimmejames]

Thom made a great looking one for the WebDTs, is there any reason not to be consistent across the core/MDs/orbiters?

[merkur2k]

Yeah, I just made this mockup:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Image:Linuxmce-splashy-ss3.png
and was informed that it looks like the WebDT one. I dont own a WebDT (yet!) and so didn't even realize it had one.
Consistency is most definently a good thing.

[bdfoster]

This is another version, and I think most will like better, especially if you didn't like the shit brown gradient

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Image:Linuxmce-splashy-ss2.png

This could even be the new wallpaper in KDE. 

[bdfoster]

Thom made a great looking one for the WebDTs, is there any reason not to be consistent across the core/MDs/orbiters?

Well whatever we decide to use we could use on all devices.

[bdfoster]

Might I add, this is would be a default splash. Because many of you I'm sure would like to change it to whatever you want, let me make it clear.

Change it if you want.

[system error101]

Is there any way to change the boot/splash screen on the web pads?

Just asking...

[darrenmason]

Is there any way to change the boot/splash screen on the web pads?

Just asking...

It is using Splashy and from memory I think it refers to the image file in the kernel boot options. So editing your grub.lst should do it I think.