Note on copyrighted assets

All of the resources belong to Microsoft Corporation.

"Windows Vista" is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. The author(s) of this project are in no way affiliated with Microsoft and are not endorsed by Microsoft in any way.

"Windows 7" is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. The author(s) of this project are in no way affiliated with Microsoft and are not endorsed by Microsoft in any way.

PlymouthVista

Re-creation of Windows Vista and Windows 7 boot screens and shutdown screens from their original assets. Designed to be used with VistaThemePlasma and AeroThemePlasma.

Special thanks to blacklightpy for the Vista boot screen code.

Special thanks to catpswin56 for VTP and accepting my merge request that merges this theme to their repository.

Special thanks to wackyideas for ATP and accepting my merge request that adds this theme to their repository.

Special thanks to DuCanhGH for better Windows 7 shadows.

This project is a fan-made labor of love that sees absolutely no profit whatsoever, donations or otherwise.

Prerequisites

Required Packages:

You need plymouth, (plymouth-scripts and plymouth-plugin-script may be required, depending on your distro). Optionally, you need ImageMagick for the Windows 7 variant.

This section only covers distros that are available on AeroThemePlasma's installation guide.

Fedora:

sudo dnf install plymouth plymouth-scripts plymouth-plugin-script ImageMagick

Arch:

sudo pacman -S plymouth imagemagick

Required Fonts:

You need Segoe UI and Lucida Console from a Windows installation. These fonts must be installed as system-wide fonts.

These fonts are located on C:\Windows\Fonts in a Windows installation. You need lucon.ttf and segoeui.ttf. Make sure to copy these fonts from Windows 7 or Windows Vista for the best accuracy.

To install these fonts on your Linux machine,

• Create a new directory or select a directory on /usr/share/fonts.
• Copy lucon.ttf and segoeui.ttf to your selected created directory in /usr/share/fonts.
• Run sudo fc-cache.

Systemd:

PlymouthVista uses systemd for the hibernation resume screen and the shutdown and reboot screen's fade effect. If you are using something other than systemd and want to use these features, you need to make these service files.

Installation & Configuration:

Clone this repository first by simply using git clone https://github.com/furkrn/PlymouthVista.

If you want to modify some of the text (e.g., show "Starting Linux" instead of "Starting Windows" on the Windows 7 boot screen or make your own Windows 9 boot screen), please follow the configuration guide.

Also here are the available switches/arguments you can use on the install script:

• -h : Displays the help message.
• -s : Skips configuration-related questions, such as switching to Windows 7 mode.
• -u : Copies your older configuration.
• -n : Keeps your current Plymouth configuration by not applying PlymouthVista as the default Plymouth theme.
• -o : Overwrites if an existing installation exits. Only skips the overwrite question!
• -q : Skips the final question, which asks about whether you should use that configuration or not.

[!WARNING] This theme is only tested on Fedora Linux and Arch Linux.

Or simply run this script if you don't care about the extra configuration.

git clone https://github.com/furkrn/PlymouthVista
cd PlymouthVista
chmod +x ./compile.sh ; chmod +x ./install.sh
./compile.sh ; sudo ./install.sh

[!WARNING] If you have issues such as flickering, the wrong copyright symbol, etc. Consider one of these solutions, which can be used only with dracut:

1. Use the provided omitPlymouth.sh script, which omits the plymouth module permanently.
2. Use the sudo dracut —force —regenerate-all —omit plymouth —verbose command. But this command must be run after each kernel update.

Uninstallation:

Simply run the provided ./uninstall.sh script. Removes every configuration and service and reverts back to your old Plymouth theme.

This copy-paste script should help it:

chmod +x ./uninstall.sh ; sudo ./uninstall.sh