>Plymouth wasn't considered stable enough to be included in LMDE. Alternatives such as usplash or splashy seemed obsolete and rather than using them temporarily, it was decided not to use any default boot splash.
A wise decision, while Ubuntu forces users to bother with buggy plymouth.
Just another opinion about plymouth for use in Linux-Mint found here http:// www.linuxmint. com/rel_ debian. php:
>Plymouth wasn't considered stable enough to be included in LMDE. Alternatives such as usplash or splashy seemed obsolete and rather than using them temporarily, it was decided not to use any default boot splash.
A wise decision, while Ubuntu forces users to bother with buggy plymouth.
So, please ....