Hoary 5.04 Bootsplash

[Vincent Trouilliez]

> I'll try to do that at some point soon Vince.

Yeahhh !!! :o))))
Thanks...

> This one which I did it on is an old work mule 1.2 Gig AMD 

1.2 Gig an "old mule" :o(  I have an Athlon XP 1.45GHz , I guess it's an
old mule too then ?? :o(((
I always thought it was plenty powerful enough...as it hardly ever sees
more than 5% load in Ubuntu, in normal use.
I intend to seriously upgrade the disk subsystem to speed up Gnome, when
money permits, but the motherboard and CPU, I hardly intend to change
before a few years.... my old mule.. :o(

> with bunches of fast becoming fossil peripherals like 
> an old Lexmark Z32 printer

Looks like I like fossiles then... most of my stuff is 7 or 10 year
old... :o(

 - HP Deskjet 660C
 - HP Lasertjet 6P
 - IOMEGA // port ZIP 100MB drive
 - Adaptec 2940 SCSI card
 - AGFA SnapScan 1236s SCSI scanner
 - x12 Plextor SCSI CD Writer
 - Original Microsoft Mouse (only quality mouse that was large enough to
fit my big hand...)
 - Nec  MultiSync M700 CRT

Still, I love them all to bits. Only thing I might replace, is the mouse
pad... after 10 years it's really starting to fall into bits :-/


> I knew one of the first Ubuntu systems I had tried, but it's been 
> a while so I don't remember if it was a live or a hd install, but I did know 
> there was a neat ubuntu-bootsplash-theme already out there

Yes, the Warty Live CD did indeed have a bootsplash...

> I'm not sure I understand all I think I know about Splashy, and it looks like 
> it may be an OK idea, but needs some development. Presently for me it's just 
> not an answer for eye candy

Yes, this is my view too. Splashy isn't good enough for me yet. I will
follow it's development, to see if it improves, as it's still in its
infancy, though.  Then again, seems that Ubuntu is not going to use
Splashy, and will develop something of their own, so I am waiting to see
what it will be like. In the meantime... I welcome your HowTo in the
Wiki... :o)

> Just an almost 64 year old grandpa who's been using Linux since RedHat 
> Mother's day release.

My daddy w<ill retire and turn 60 in June... if only he could anywhere
near as computer literate as you...but no... he keeps spending fortunes
on Windows software... and keeps telling me how Windows and Microsoft
are technically superior products, and how Bill Gates is clever...
I am trying to talk him into Linux, but I think it's a lost cause.
the more I try to demonstrate to him by A+B how Linux is better than his
Windoze machine and closed source S/W, but he won't listen.
He is lost. 
Still, it serves me... he keeps giving me his old peripherals, that
don't work in Windows, or stop working when he upgrade to a newer
Windows version.... and that work fine in Linux !! :o))))))))))
so I get nice stuff for free, he he he !! :o)


> Here's a dual headed shot of ubuntu at 2560x1024, KDE 3.4. It's running an el 
> cheapo Gainward vid card with an Nvidia FX 5200 and the drivers built on the 
> machine from the ubuntu nvidia-kernel-source and other stuff. Pretty big shot 
> and not for a weaner screen or modem connection. ;-)
> 
> http://home.hot.rr.com/olgnuby/ubuntu1.jpg

Christ !!! That's too big for me... it must take 10 minutes to get the
mouse from one edge of the screen to the other ! ;o)

I run at 1152x864 (my monitor won't mange more than than @75Hz), but
might be tempted, in a few years, by a "wide" screen, something like a
native 1600x960 maybe, if that exists.

Anyway, plese keep us informed of your progress with the bootsplah
HowTo, or anything related to this project ! Thanks in advance... :-)


regards,


--
Vince