I'm amazed.

[hikaricore]

Softpedia made a decent ubunut usplash howto:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Change-Ubuntu-Bootsplash-Theme-55237.shtml

It's not terribly thorough but it's to the point.
Never expected to see that on their site. lol

[Paul820]

I think i'll have a go at that. Why do they insist on calling the 'geek' way of installing? I have only been using ubuntu for about a month and i find it easier to open the console and type the names of the files i want instead of waiting for synaptic to load, then searching for the packages i need. It's so much quicker and it doesn't take any more brain cells to achieve it. :p
Oh well, just have a rant....

[Aphorism]

Unfortunately, that information is stale.

That applied to the 16 colour version of usplash. Since then, it has evolved somewhat since then. As of 6.10, usplash includes 256 colour 8 bit support.

Browse the wiki for more information.

Sincerely,
TJS