A Closer Look At Red Hat's Plymouth

Published on October 28, 2008
Written by Michael Larabel
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Solar is one of the splash plug-ins available with Plymouth, which fits well with Fedora 10 considering the desktop theme. Solar is also a visually advanced plug-in. Below is the video that shows a number of planets and other graphics rotating around what would be the Sun.

Fade-in is a simple but elegant plug-in for Plymouth. As implied by its name, the screen fades in and out as a number of astronomical stars begin appearing across the screen (that part though seems unnecessary).

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