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This changes KSplash to be transparent so the desktop window, which appears pretty quickly, can be seen, significantly improving perceived startup experience.
If startup takes longer than 5 seconds (old computer, no SSD) a busy indicator will appear to indicate that we're not stuck.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbJGBTHXmZk
Note that I placed a sleep 10 in startkde to simulate a slow computer, on my machine I don't even get to see the busy indicator.
Together with D2486 makes for a gorgeous startup experience.
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with a transparent window i'm a bit concerned that all eventual flickering of compositor starting at half startup, or resolution be changed?
with a transparent window i'm a bit concerned that all eventual flickering of compositor starting at half startup
I didn't notice any issue, given the root window is black there's nothing to see with or without compositing. KWin just briefly freezes the screen when its compositor starts up but shouldn't flicker.
or resolution be changed?
It's all black but I need to check how soon plasma starts up and whether you can see it repositoning containments and what not. I will check with multiscreen and various setups tomorrow.