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FrozenTheaterD — Akuminlinux uSplash Mockup
Published: 2009-04-14 18:09:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1074; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 74
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This is the uSplash for akuminlinux. I could never figure out why uSplashes were always so dark...I think your computer should be welcoming and friendly from the moment you turn it on.Related content
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I guess that it's best to warn you right now... considering some changes that is happening at Ub at the moment, 9.04 will the the last you will see of uSplash loader.
After that, they have chosen to move to Plymouth for the loading screen at start up for 9.10 and onward. This here is a sample of what it's capable of ([link] and please note, Ubuntu will most likely be change the screen for something more their flavour), it provide a "flicker" free loading experience via KMS.
Just something that I thought should be mentioned.
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grr...we are working off of 8.10, but would you be interested in taking command of our splash screen execution on both platforms? I'll give you the graphics resources, it will be AMAZINGLY EASY to code, and considering that our public release will eventually adapt 9.10, we should plan to have a Plymouth. What is wrong with uSplash anyways?
By the way, I'll take a look at plymouth, and depending on how much better its capabilities are, I might re-design the splash. Tell me if you are interested in the project.
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Ok, first off... I am alas not a developer, not yet. For now, you would be would be better served by someone of more experience than me... I am just an observant fellow, and resident linux guy.
What is wrong with uSplash, aside from being about as old as RHGB (Red Hat Graphical Boot)? I don't know, but if it's anything like Fedora's issues with RHGB (which was fragile to play with from what I heard), then Ub may have been stressing things with uSplash as well, but again I am a Fedora guy, I don't really tune into Ub deve issues unless the two distro's cross paths like this. It's happened before
A nice thing about Plymouth is that is two ended, there the loader system itself and the graphical presentation (which is a plugin, which you saw). If a system is unable to handle the graphical presentation, it downgrades to a simple tri-colour progress bar... and other presentations can be added since all they are is a plugin, the one you saw in the flash was the Solar plugin used with Fedora 10, and there are others in Fedora for use and replacement.
I could help with a design some design thinking (since if you noticed, Plymouth is capable of more animation that uSplash), but as far as coding goes, what I said above still holds.
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thumbs way up on this one.
I really like the minimalistic style and you're right that it's very individual.
good job.
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