This is *not* a question of opinion. The splash screen *is* rendering incorrectly when using the binary drivers, and this is something that needs to be fixed; it just isn't done yet because it's a difficult bug to fix and other bugs have taken priority.
Please don't mark as 'Opinion' a bug that has been triaged by the developers! ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs