The bootsplash patch enables a graphical boot screen similar to that of Windows. Features include: . - Nice graphics (JPEG) - Antialiased text rendering (TrueType) - Animations (MNG) - Progress Bar - Display of boot messages above or below a graphic. - Fully themeable . This package contains only the bootsplash kernel patch, you may need the userland tools in the bootsplash package to enable all features (such as a progress bar). . The patch should work for kernels 2.4.18 - 2.6.21 and 2.4.20 - 2.4.25.