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Windows XP loading screen / bootsplash? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all,

I have a cool little project I'm doing for myself, I bought a ThinkPad T60 and I'm going to install Libreboot on it. I want it to be themed and look as close as possible to Windows XP. I plan on installing Trisquel and building Cinammon DE from source (they don't have it in the repositories), and then theming it from there. I'm wondering, can I change the bootsplash to the animated Windows XP loading screen?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're probably looking for these 2

[–] riodoro1 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Op, now you have to report with pictures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I will definitely come back with photos, I'm getting the Thinkpad on Friday or Saturday :-)

I'm also looking into customizing GRUB to look like this:

Edit: also planning on using this for my DE:

https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc

[–] Rustmilian 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes. There's a few methods.
UKI supports boot splash.
There's also these, then there's ways to add a custom bootsplash to libreboot tho the tool there is a bit old, it still has useful information in the repo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Plymouth would be what you're looking for. You'd have to find an XP theme or create one yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Heads up, check out this project. It's pretty simple and you might be able to help out too! https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I actually just tried installing it yesterday on Debian, I was able to build everything successfully, but I couldn't figure out how to actually apply the theme. Unfortunately, the developer hasn't written a guide for it yet. Would you be able to help me? Looking forward to your reply!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's a bit weird; it's not a theme, but an application. You have to run the programs it builds and add them to your startup (i.e. the WinXP taskbar, etc)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

This might help.