http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsplash
Bootsplash - graphics combined with scrolling boot messages in Knoppix.
Linux boot screens
- Bootsplash – the first and original implementation of a Linux kernel bootsplash, superseded by Splashy[2]
- Splashy – a graphical boot process designed to replace the aging Bootsplash program
- usplash – former bootsplash program used by Ubuntu
- XSplash – new splash program used by Ubuntu starting fro 9.10
- Plymouth (software) – the new graphical boot process for Fedora, replacing the aging Red Hat Graphical Boot