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plymouth: add setting themes to guide

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In the options line append `quiet` if you want to use the quiet-mode and `splash` if you want to
add a splash screen.
If the splash screen option was selected edit the file `/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf` and ensure it
looks like the following lines.
If the splash screen option was selected set a default theme.
A more detailed guide on this is available in [another section](#list-install-and-set-themes).
```txt
[Daemon]
Theme=fade-in
```sh
plymouth-set-default-theme bgrt
```
Alternatively another theme than `fade-in` can be set.
The listing of installed themes is featured in a [latter section](#list-available-themes).
Then inside the file `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf` add the hook under the `HOOKS` section.
Add `plymouth` after `systemd` (if available) and before `encrypt` and `lvm2` (if available.)
@ -32,3 +34,25 @@ For this run the following command.
```sh
mkinitcpio -p linux
```
## Usage
This section addresses the location and
### List, Install and Set Themes
A list of installed themes can be listed by running the following.
```sh
plymouth-set-default-theme --list
```
One of the listed themes can then be installed like the following command does.
```sh
plymouth-set-default-theme fade-in
```
Other themes can be found in online sources like the
[AUR](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md#package-manager-and-aur) or websites like
[Gnome-Look.org](https://www.gnome-look.org/browse?cat=108).