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I recently updated my Ubuntu 12.10 setup to 13.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade.

After going through the process and rebooting, I was a little confused by the GRUB menu showing a "Kubuntu" option instead of "Ubuntu" as it usually did.

After choosing it, it then shows me a Kubuntu splash screen during the bootup (consisting just of a blue "Kubuntu"), but the subsequent login screen and desktop are fine.

I do have a KDE setup besides Unity (I had installed kubuntu-desktop way earlier when I was running 12.04), but I don't see why it should have affected the GRUB menu and the bootup splash screen!

Postadelmaga
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shrikant
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Change Plymouth Splash Screen.

This is the initial splash screen you see at bootup. Different Plymouth themes can be found by searching for plymouth-theme in a Package Manager. Install a new one and manually select the theme you wish to use. The default Ubuntu theme is already installed.

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u
Basharat Sialvi
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Velimir1845
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Maybe you haven't removed kubuntu-desktop completely.

You can just remove the splash sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-artwork-usplash and start enjoying Raring Ringtail

Achu
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Default value of variable GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR is set to
lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian by /etc/default/grub script while generating grub.cfg.

Check your /etc/default/grub.d/ directory for scripts which could overwrite this variable.

In my case it was /etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg which has been created by KDE Plasma Environment so I deleted it and generated grub.cfg again.

To solve this problem with GRUB, simply type into terminal:

sudo rm /etc/default/grub.d/50_kubuntu.cfg
sudo update-grub
Zlondrej
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