Change the default Plymouth theme on Ubuntu
Changing the default plymouth theme on Ubuntu 14.10 is not very difficult. Just type this at the shell prompt. This will set the new theme.
root@homer-eME730:~# update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntustudio-logo/ubuntustudio-logo.plymouth 100 |
Now we need to save our changes.
root@homer-eME730:~# update-alternatives --config default.plymouth There are 5 choices for the alternative default.plymouth (providing /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntukylin-logo/ubuntukylin-logo.plymouth 150 auto mode 1 /lib/plymouth/themes/7/7.plymouth 100 manual mode 2 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo-scale-2.plymouth 99 manual mode 3 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth 100 manual mode 4 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntukylin-logo/ubuntukylin-logo.plymouth 150 manual mode 5 /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntustudio-logo/ubuntustudio-logo.plymouth 150 manual mode Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 5 update-alternatives: using /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntustudio-logo/ubuntustudio-logo.plymouth to provide /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth (default.plymouth) in manual mode |
And now we generate a new initramfs file for our system to use.
root@homer-eME730:~# update-initramfs -u update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic |
Now we can restart the computer and enjoy a new and better plymouth theme for our Ubuntu 14.10 computer! That has not very hard at all was it?