I wonder if we could include a version number alongside the Lubuntu logo with the Plymouth boot screen (installed by our artwork package).
It could definitely add an extra touch for users to know the version of their system.
The questions to answer here would be:
- Do we want to commit to doing this for every cycle?
- Do we keep the development codename in there prior to the release or just the final version string?
Ubuntu does this for the text-only Plymouth screens, so I don't see why we could do it with the graphical ones.
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Updated testing and developer hints:
- Create a new virtual machine and install Lubuntu 20.10 (or use real hardware, just for testing purposes, not for daily work)
- Add my PPA and install also plymouth-x11
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apt-ghetto/ppa-test-lubuntu sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade sudo apt install plymouth-x11
- Create the script ~/bin/startplymouth to start plymouth in the desktop session (with startplymouth or bin/startplymouth). The script automatically sets up plymouth with the default theme in a window. You have to move the mouse or press any keys, because plymouth is waiting for external input. The window disappears after 10 seconds (if you have moved the mouse).
#!/bin/bash sudo plymouthd sudo plymouth --show-splash for ((I=0; I<10; I++)) do sleep 1 sudo plymouth --update=test$I done sudo plymouth --quit
- To make it easier for on-the-fly changes, change the owner of the system directories: sudo chown -R root:$USER /usr/share/plymouth/themes/lubuntu-{logo,text}
- There are still some unused files present.
- To change the background colour, change the files /usr/share/plymouth/themes/lubuntu-logo/lubuntu-logo.plymouth and /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth. I am not sure, if both are required or not.
- The images used by the plymouth theme are in /usr/share/plymouth/themes/lubuntu-log/spinner.