Ubuntu splash screen changed to edubuntu, why did it happen and how do I change it back?

Question

I recently noticed during a reboot of my machine that a splash page came up saying Edubuntu, which I understand is a particular flavour of Ubuntu. When I installed Ubuntu, it never used to say that, and it was not the version I installed. I installed 12.04 32 bit.

Can anyone explain how my operating system changed to change to Edubuntu? can this happen through some kind of system update?

Sounds like a mystery. ;) Please note that also Edubuntu has version 12.04 32 bit. Are you quite sure it wasn't that ISO file you used for the installation? — Gunnar Hjalmarsson, Dec 23 '14 at 00:55

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '14 at 00:57

You installed edubuntu-desktop, which is a metapackage that installs the Edubuntu desktop and the packages it wants/need to work. This includes edubuntu-artwork, which installs plymouth-theme-edubuntu, the theme you see on boot.

You can remove this with:

sudo apt-get remove plymouth-theme-edubuntu

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '14 at 00:55

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Did you install edbuntu-desktop? Either way simply remove the plymouth-theme-edubuntu package:

sudo apt-get remove plymouth-theme-edubuntu

and reboot.

answered Dec 23 '14 at 00:55

Seth

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Sounds like a plausible explanation. OTOH, the Edubuntu default background looks nice. :) – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Dec 23 '14 at 00:57
Ah, would of been quicker if I hadn't had to confirm I'm not a robot :) – Wilf Dec 23 '14 at 00:58
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@Wilf Tsk, that day when computers can't tell a wolf in a hat from a robot.. Silly computers ;) – Seth Dec 23 '14 at 00:59

Ubuntu splash screen changed to edubuntu, why did it happen and how do I change it back?

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