Q4Riv

A minimal, sleek Plymouth theme for Q4OS. q4Riv elegantly conceals the boot process while presenting a smooth, luminous animation for the system’s first glance.

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Building the .deb Package

If you want to build the .deb package from the source theme files:

1. Make sure you have required dependencies installed:

sudo apt install dpkg-dev q4os-devpack-base

2. Navigate to the folder containing the theme directory (usr/share/plymouth/themes/q4riv) and debian control folder.

3. Run the build command:

dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us -tc

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Installation

1. Double click the .qsi installer for an interactive setup.

2. Alternatively, install using .deb package:

sudo apt install ./q4riv-plymouth-theme_1.0-a1_all.deb

3. You may need to tweak GRUB settings. Edit:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

• Comment out or modify the existing line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash loglevel=3 systemd.log_color=1 systemd.show_status=1"

• Replace with:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Note: On some systems, you might also need to add i915.modeset=1 at the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to get Plymouth to work. Test on your own hardware — this is not a q4Riv issue.

• After saving the file, update grub:

sudo update-grub

4. Set q4Riv as the default theme and update:

sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R q4riv

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Feedback

Your feedback is appreciated!

Please share your thoughts, issues, or improvement suggestions on the Q4OS Forum – q4Riv Discussion.