[Bug 1454169] [NEW] Display boot splash graphic in GRUB for smoother visual experience

[Will Shackleton]

Public bug reported:

During Ubuntu boot there are a few seconds after GRUB has loaded that
most PCs just display a black or dark purple plain screen, before
Plymouth starts and displays the nice Ubuntu boot animation. Why
shouldn't we use this time to display a static boot splash image, such
as the first frame of the Ubuntu Plymouth animation?

An example image: https://i.imgur.com/dWWeJek.png

I set this as the GRUB background and it gives a much nicer appearance
that the computer is doing something during boot. (GRUB runs at
1920x1080 for me and I have disk encryption so my boot process might be
slightly different to others').

Is this something we should be doing in Ubuntu installations by default?

(Following on from
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+question/266802 )

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Display boot splash graphic in GRUB for smoother visual experience

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  During Ubuntu boot there are a few seconds after GRUB has loaded that
  most PCs just display a black or dark purple plain screen, before
  Plymouth starts and displays the nice Ubuntu boot animation. Why
  shouldn't we use this time to display a static boot splash image, such
  as the first frame of the Ubuntu Plymouth animation?

  An example image: https://i.imgur.com/dWWeJek.png

  I set this as the GRUB background and it gives a much nicer appearance
  that the computer is doing something during boot. (GRUB runs at
  1920x1080 for me and I have disk encryption so my boot process might
  be slightly different to others').

  Is this something we should be doing in Ubuntu installations by
  default?

  (Following on from
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+question/266802 )

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