Bootsplash - graphics combined with scrolling boot messages in Knoppix.

The Windows 2000 bootsplash.

In computer jargon, Bootsplash is a term for a graphical representation of the boot process of the operating system.

Bootsplash can be a simple visualisation of the scrolling boot messages in the console, but it can also present graphics or some combinations of both.

[edit] Purpose

Unlike splash screens, bootsplash is not necessarily designed for marketing purposes, but can be to enhance the experience of the user as eye candy, or provide the user with messages (with an added advantage of color coding facility) to diagnose the state of the system.

[edit] Windows boot screen

All versions of Microsoft Windows feature a boot screen, which is loaded during the startup process. With extra, third-party utilities, it is possible to replace the default Windows boot screen with custom images, text, and/or animations. In Windows Vista, it is also possible to replace the default boot screen with the alternative "Aurora" boot screen (which does not feature graphical animation)^[1] or a scrolling text information about files being loaded.

[edit] See also

• Splash screen — an image that appears while a computer program is loading.
• Splashy — an Alioth project designed to replace the aging Bootsplash program.

[edit] References

1. ^ HowTo - Enable Vista's hidden "Aurora" bootscreen

• Splashy - graphical boot process for the Linux kernel at userspace.
• Red Hat Graphical Boot (RHGB) - boot splash program used by Red Hat distributions [1]
• usplash - boot splash program used by Ubuntu usplash[2]
  • XSplash - new plash program used by Ubuntu starting fro 9.10. [3]
• Fedora Plymouth, the new graphical boot process for Fedora, replacing the aging Red Hat Graphical Boot.

[edit] External links

• Bootsplash Web Page - the first and original implementation of a Linux kernel bootsplash - superseded by splashy.
• Use Resource Hacker and / or BootSkin to customize your WinXP BootScreen
• Create your own bootscreen - WinXP Freeware - Boot Screen changer v.3.2
• Create your own bootscreen - Vista

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