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+# bodhi-plymouth themes
+
+A collection of plymouth themes for use with Bodhi Linux. In time we will add most if not all our old plymouth themes as well as a few exciting new themes.
+
+# Contributing
+
+We welcome contributions from graphic artists who are knowledgeable in Plymouth scripts. It is essential that any artwork included is suitably licensed and fully credited to the artist or photographer. If you require further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. All themes submitted should be GPL version 3 or latter.
+
+Thanks in advance.
+
+# Support This Project
+
+Donations to [Bodhi Linux](https://www.bodhilinux.com/donate/) would be greatly appreciated and keep our distro moving along. But if you like the work we do for Bodhi and wish to see more of it, we'd be happy about a donation. You can donate via [PayPall](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/rbtylee).

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+# Installation and Usage
+
+Naturally, Bodhi Linux users can install this theme from the repos, see below.
+
+For all other distros, to install and use this theme one call follow these three steps:
+
+* Git clone this repository.
+
+* Copy the directory corresponding to the desired Plymouth Theme into the System's Plymouth themes directory. Super user privileges will be required.
+
+* As root set Plymouth's Default theme and  Update initramfs.
+
+**NOTE:** the specific steps may vary depending on your distro.
+
+
+# Installation on Bodhi Linux 6.x or greater
+
+```bash
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install plymouth-theme-bodhi-boss
+```
+
+# Installation on Ubuntu based distros
+
+**Either download Bodhi's deb file and install it:**
+
+```bash
+wget http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/pool/b7main/p/plymouth-theme-bodhi-boss/plymouth-theme-bodhi-boss_0.0.1-1_all.deb
+sudo apt install ./plymouth-theme-bodhi-boss_0.0.1-1_all.deb
+```
+
+**Or manually install:**
+
+First be sure git and meson are installed. Then:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/BodhiDev/bodhi-plymouth-themes
+cd bodhi-plymouth-themes/bodhi-boss
+meson . build
+sudo ninja -C build install
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bodhi-boss/bodhi-boss.plymouth 10
+update-initramfs -u
+```
+
+**NOTE:** This method of manually installation should work in any distro which installs Plymouth Themes to `/usr/share/plymouth/themes/` and uses `update-alternatives` to manage plymouth themes.
+
+# Installation on other distros
+
+For oher Distros, consult your distros documention.
+
+# To use the theme
+
+For Bodhi and all other Ubuntu based distros, to select this theme and Plymouth's Default theme and  Update initramfs.
+
+### Select the Theme and Update initramfs
+```
+sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
+```
+Choose the index of the Bodhi Boss theme. Then run:
+```
+sudo update-initramfs -u
+```
+Reboot to see the theme in action.
+
+**NOTE:** This above commands should work in any distro which installs Plymouth Themes to `/usr/share/plymouth/themes/` and uses `update-alternatives` to manage plymouth themes.
+
+
+### For all other distros
+
+```
+sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -l
+```
+
+This will print a list of themes that are present in the default plymouth theme directory. To choose a one:
+
+```
+sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R THEME
+```
+
+Where THEME refers to one of the listed values from the executed command.