This package shows fake windows bluescreen during linux boot and hides password input for disk decryption. It looks similar to Windows 7 or Windows 11 bluescreen and tries to fool people into thinking you have a faulty windows laptop. For novices it will look like you have windows installed and your laptop is experiencing a blue screen error. Nobody will know it is a linux laptop waiting for the hard disk password.
NOTE: At boot, this theme will just show the bluescreen. It will not show any boot messages. The password prompt for hard disk decryption is hidden. The bluescreen will go away once you have typed in your password and pressed the enter key. Only after the disk is successfully decrypted the bluescreen will be hidden.
- install plymouth as described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Plymouth
- ensure you have DejaVu Sans font installed (on archlinux do
pacman -S ttf-dejavu) - test if the theme works with
./debug.shor./debug-password.sh(for password input screen). - open a shell as root
- copy contents of this folder to
/usr/share/plymouth-themes/fake-windows-bluescreen - ensure that your
/etc/mkinitcpio.confhasHOOKS=(... plymouth ...)to load plymouth at boot - ensure that your
/etc/mkinitcpio.confhasFILES=(/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf /etc/fonts/fonts.conf )instead ofFILES=()so that fonts are available at boot time - do
mkinitcpio -p linuxto regenerate your boot image - run
set-default-plymouth-theme fake-windows-bluescreento change the default plymouth theme - reboot and enjoy