Official Garuda BGRT Plymouth + GDM Logo Theme Request

Hi Garuda Team and Community,

I noticed that when using the BGRT Plymouth theme, the displayed watermark is the Arch Linux logo instead of Garuda’s logo. Similarly, the GDM logo also defaults to Arch branding.

This inconsistency can be confusing for users, especially those new to Garuda or unfamiliar with its Arch base. Garuda has such a unique and polished identity, and I think an official Garuda BGRT theme would help reinforce that branding.

Why It Matters:

  1. Brand Identity: Garuda deserves its unique visuals, not Arch Linux’s.
  2. User Experience: A polished, cohesive experience from boot to login reflects the distro’s overall quality.
  3. Community Pride: Garuda users take pride in their system and its visuals.

Proposal:

  • Create an official BGRT Plymouth theme with the Garuda logo as the watermark.
  • Include Garuda’s logo in GDM by default for branding consistency.

Questions for the Community:

  1. Has anyone else noticed this and would like to see it changed?
  2. Are there existing tools or tweaks I can use to replace the Arch logos in the meantime?
  3. What do the developers think about adding this to Garuda’s official package set?

Thank you for all your hard work on this amazing distro! Let me know how I can assist in testing or providing further feedback.

Best regards!

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But we don’t ship Plymouth anymore.

Garuda Linux "Spizaetus" (231029)

It was dropped over one year ago.

About a month ago we added a gschema override to use the Garuda logo instead of Arch on the GDM login screen.

Version 1.5.8 of garuda-gnome-settings provides the gschema override (look for /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/zz_garuda.org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override to confirm you have it).

If it is installed but you are not seeing the Garuda logo on the GDM login screen, you probably just need to recompile the GSettings schemas.

sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/

On new installations the Garuda logo should be used by default.

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Just go to /usr/share/plymouth/themes/spinner and replace the watermark.png with this one:

And thats’s it!

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