How to Change the Boot Display or Splash Screen Linux Mint
The splash screen or boot screen is the display when the computer is first turned on, which will read all hardware and load the system. In Linux Mint, the default display when booting is a black screen with the Linux Mint logo in the middle.
Maybe you’re tired of the Linux Mint logo at boot time that you see every day. You can replace the display with a logo that you make according to your wishes or with a cooler Linux Mint logo that you get from the internet. Follow this tutorial!
Changing Boot Display or Splash Screen in Linux Mint
Prepare an image that will be used as a logo on the boot screen or splash screen, rename the image to “logo”, without the quotes.
You can make your own images as you wish or get them from the internet. Images can be in png or jpg format. The image is used for the logo, which is usually only around 100×100 pixels in size, or you can adjust the image size according to your taste.
Open the folder /lib/plymouth/themes/mint-logo, then find the image file with the name “logo.png”, delete or move the file. Then move the image file that you prepared earlier to the /lib/plymouth/themes/mint-logo folder, you must log in as super user or root.
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| Boot View Logo Image File |
Or move the image file from the terminal with the following command:
sudo cp logo.png /lib/plymouth/themes/mint-logo/
Update the splash screen display configuration with the command:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
Then a script will appear asking you to choose the splash screen theme that will be used. Just select option 0, by entering the number “0” and then press enter. Option 2 is a splash screen theme without a logo.
Then type the following command:
sudo update-initramfs -u
The configuration process is complete. However, in some cases, after the command an error will appear “Warning : No support for locale: en_US.UTF-8”, if the warning appears, type the following command;
sudo locale-gen --purge --no-archive sudo update-initramfs -u -t
After success, restart your computer and see if the splash screen display has changed with the logo you want. Safe!
