We shouldn't scare our users. I have not chosen quiet splash, I've chosen the standard bootsplash. There is no reason for 40 seconds of black screen rather than the chosen splash image.
There should be plymouth and direct transition to sddm. This certainly IS a bug which should be fixed before launch. Valorie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432171 Title: Starting version 219 "systemd-boot" Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Everytime the system is booted up I get a "Starting version 219" which it seems is the version number for systemd. Ubuntu version: Kubuntu 15.04 Beta 1 systemd package: systemd219-4ubuntu5 "systemd-boot" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1432171/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp