[ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

[Lukas Sabota]

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 10:56 -0400, Viper550 wrote:
> Lukas Sabota wrote:
> > Frank,
> > 	Your usplash is really nice; it's probably the best one I've seen.  The
> > rounded edges are a bunch better idea than just using black.  I for one
> > would like to see the in dapper.
> > 	However, the limitations of usplash show.  The edges of the Ubuntu icon
> > seem a bit jagged.  Could someone please explain to me why there are
> > limitations to usplash, and what other distributions use to make their
> > bootsplashes high-res?
> >
> > God bless,
> > Lukas
> >
> >
> >   
> They use a different splash screen system called "Bootsplash", which is 
> a Kernel Patch. This system uses a high-res framebuffer. But, because 
> our developers want Usplash to work on as many systems as possible, and 
> high-res framebuffers don't work very good on older and other systems, 
> we only use a 16 color VGA framebuffer.
> 
> Viper550

16 colors?  Didn't the windows 98 boot screen have even more than
that?  

God bless,
Lukas