One time I wanted to try out KDE and XFCE4 as my desktop environments, so I installed the kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop packages. Everything was great until I rebooted my computer. Installing these packages had changed my bootsplash. (The image that appears after linux boots from GRUB & is loading.) Online I found an easy way to change this. Simply run the following command and then press the number of the bootsplash you want to use.
sudo update-alternatives –config usplash-artwork.so
You should also run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-`uname -r`
to write the settings into your /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
When you restart your computer, the bootsplash should be the one that you want.
If you want to completely remove the alternative bootsplash that comes with kubuntu & xubuntu and restore the original ubuntu one, run this command in a terminal:
sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-artwork-usplash xubuntu-artwork-usplash && sudo aptitude install usplash-theme-ubuntu
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