<s>
Plymouth	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
application	O
which	O
provide	O
bootsplash	B-Operating_System
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
which	O
handles	O
user	O
interaction	O
during	O
the	O
boot	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plymouth	B-Application
supports	O
animations	O
using	O
Direct	B-Application
Rendering	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
DRM	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
KMS	B-Application
driver	I-Application
and	O
is	O
bundled	O
into	O
initrd	B-Application
which	O
enables	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
launched	O
before	O
the	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
mounted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
Plymouth	B-Application
Rock	O
,	O
a	O
name	O
which	O
symbolizes	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
first	O
point	O
of	O
entry	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plymouth	B-Application
was	O
first	O
included	O
in	O
Fedora	O
10	O
"	O
Cambridge	O
"	O
shipped	O
on	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
replaced	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Graphical	O
Boot	O
(	O
RHGB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
includes	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
10.04	O
LTS	O
"	O
Lucid	O
Lynx	O
"	O
release	O
shipped	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandriva	O
switched	O
from	O
Splashy	O
to	O
Plymouth	B-Application
with	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Plymouth	B-Application
began	O
in	O
May	O
2007	O
and	O
began	O
under	O
the	O
leadership	O
of	O
Ray	O
Strode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
little	O
support	O
for	O
this	O
project	O
until	O
early	O
2008	O
when	O
Fedora	O
10	O
included	O
Plymouth	B-Application
in	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Plymouth	B-Application
has	O
been	O
introduced	O
in	O
Mandriva	O
Linux	B-Application
2010.0	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
introduced	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
10.04	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
KDE	B-Language
neon	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
now	O
included	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
,	O
MX	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
Desktop	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
