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Download the tar file from here . ...and extract it.... You can see many image files, one c file, one Makefile and one bdf file. To create a usplash using this...just type at terminal... $ cd dipin-usplash2 $ make Now you will get a dipin-usplash.so file. This is the usplash file. Now u can create your own usplash by editing the images and call 'make'. Edit the images as said below... Put all the images into one image and do this...then extract the palette of the image, and then apply that palette to all individual images... 1. Windows->Dockable Dialogs->Palettes 2.click the arrow on the top-right of the palette-dock.... 3.Palettes Menu->Import palette 4.Click image..and select the image... 5. now the new palette would have been generated....as show... 6.Now take individual images and do this... Mode->Indexed 7. Colors->map->Set Colormap.. 8. 9.Select the palette we generated.... 10.

There are many different looks you can give to your boot screen by adding more themes to usplash, the program which displays the splash image at boot time . You can install a number of them using Synaptic by doing a search for usplash . You can also download different themes online ( see below ). Installing StartUp-Manager Before playing with Usplash themes we need a way to easily switch between themes, enter StartUp-Manager , this program lets us control many aspects of Ubuntu's start-up including Usplash. You can install startupmanager via Synaptic or apt using the following line: # sudo apt-get install startupmanager Download Uspash theme When I searched Gnome-look for Usplash I found a number of very nice themes: Usplash Themes at Gnome-Look . I quite like the Black Chrome theme . Once you have chosen one or two that you like, download them, and extract them from there archive: Right click on the archive .tar.gz and select Extract Here : Installing Usplash Themes Now we wi...