diff --git a/packages/linux/config/initramfs b/packages/linux/config/initramfs
index ce59ce650b..ce5f143dd6 100644
--- a/packages/linux/config/initramfs
+++ b/packages/linux/config/initramfs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dir /dev 755 0 0
 dir /bin 755 1000 1000
 slink /bin/sh busybox 777 0 0
 file /bin/busybox initramfs/bin/busybox 4755 0 0
+file /bin/ply-image initramfs/bin/ply-image 755 0 0
 
 # dir /lib 755 1000 1000
 # file /lib/ld-uClibc.so.0 initramfs/lib/ld-uClibc.so.0 755 0 0
@@ -17,4 +18,4 @@ dir /sysroot 755 0 0
 dir /storage 755 0 0
 
 file /init initramfs/init 755 0 0
-# file /splash.png initramfs/splash.png 644 0 0
+file /splash.png initramfs/splash.png 644 0 0
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-theme-Confluence/url b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-theme-Confluence/url
index c2c09d0634..2eb1da2fac 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-theme-Confluence/url
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-theme-Confluence/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/xbmc-theme-Confluence-31392.tar.bz2
+http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/xbmc-theme-Confluence-31443.tar.bz2
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/install b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/install
index 33dad242cd..5dad4a55de 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/install
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/install
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ cd -
 # overriding Splash image
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media/Splash.png
-  cp $PKG_DIR/splash/Splash.png $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media/
+  if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/splash/splash.png ]; then
+    cp $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/filesystem/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media/Splash.png
+  else
+    cp $PKG_DIR/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media/Splash.png
+  fi
 
 mkdir -p $PYTHON_LIBDIR/site-packages
   cp -R $PKG_BUILD/tools/EventClients/lib/python/* $PYTHON_LIBDIR/site-packages
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/splash/Splash.png b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/splash/splash.png
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc/splash/Splash.png
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc/splash/splash.png
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/url b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/url
index a30f7d8349..d48c6b5a72 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/url
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/xbmc-31392.tar.bz2
+http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/xbmc-31443.tar.bz2
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
index 1187d18278..6288033538 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 . config/options
 $SCRIPTS/unpack linux
+$SCRIPTS/install plymouth-lite initramfs
 
 PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index ecfcd49d05..a106e1bbfe 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ REBOOT=0
     fi
   }
 
+  show_splash() {
+    if [ "$SPLASH" = yes ]; then
+      if [ -f "/bin/ply-image" -a -f "/splash.png" ]; then
+        /bin/ply-image /splash.png
+      fi
+    fi
+  }
+
   error() {
     echo "Error Code: $1 that means: $2"
   }
@@ -69,6 +77,8 @@ REBOOT=0
     fi
   }
 
+  show_splash
+
   mount_part "$boot" "/flash" "ro,noatime"
   mount_part "$disk" "/storage" "rw,noatime"
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
index f629dae7ff..395c8918d1 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
   progress() {
     if test "$DEBUG" = yes; then
       echo "### $1 ###"
-    else
-      echo -n "***"
     fi
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 6cefe46872..09c7277e33 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-clear
-
 # mounting needed special filesystems
   mount -n -t proc none /proc
   mount -n -t sysfs none /sys
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..80dbd20387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build libpng
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+make
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e3a63689fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
+
+if [ "$2" = initramfs ]; then
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/initramfs/bin
+    cp $PKG_BUILD/ply-image $INSTALL/initramfs/bin
+
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/initramfs
+    if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/splash/splash.png ]; then
+      cp $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/filesystem/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/initramfs/
+    else
+      cp $PKG_DIR/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/initramfs/
+    fi
+
+  exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/cursor.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/cursor.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc69b27811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/cursor.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c~	2009-03-06 16:20:52.000000000 -0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c	2009-03-06 16:20:52.000000000 -0800
+@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
+ 
+   exit_code = 0;
+ 
+-//  hide_cursor ();
++  hide_cursor ();
+ 
+   if (argc == 1)
+     image = ply_image_new ("/usr/share/plymouth/splash.png");
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-fix-build.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-fix-build.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5525d629ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-fix-build.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/Makefile~	2009-07-22 11:22:32.000000000 -0700
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0/Makefile	2009-07-22 11:22:32.000000000 -0700
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ 
+ ply-image: ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c Makefile
+-	gcc -O2 -march=core2 -mtune=generic -lm `pkg-config --cflags libpng12` `pkg-config --libs libpng12` ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c -o ply-image
++	$(CC) -static $(CFLAGS) `pkg-config --cflags libpng`  ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c -o ply-image  -lm `pkg-config --libs libpng` -lm -lz
+ 	
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f ply-image *~ gmon.out
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0_libpng-1.4.0.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0_libpng-1.4.0.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf5a08ac95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0_libpng-1.4.0.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.patch/ply-image.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c	2009-02-19 12:16:36.000000000 +0100
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.patch/ply-image.c	2010-02-08 01:30:05.336856616 +0100
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
+     png_set_palette_to_rgb (png);
+ 
+   if ((color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY) && (bits_per_pixel < 8))
+-    png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8 (png);
++    png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8 (png);
+ 
+   if (png_get_valid (png, info, PNG_INFO_tRNS))
+     png_set_tRNS_to_alpha (png);
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-resize.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-resize.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bebf11213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-resize.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+diff -urN plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.c	2009-02-19 19:14:24.000000000 +0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.c	2009-06-13 17:44:05.000000000 +0800
+@@ -47,41 +47,6 @@
+ #define PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FB_DEVICE_NAME "/dev/fb0"
+ #endif
+ 
+-struct _ply_frame_buffer
+-{
+-  char *device_name;
+-  int   device_fd;
+-
+-  char *map_address;
+-  size_t size;
+-
+-  uint32_t *shadow_buffer;
+-
+-  uint32_t red_bit_position;
+-  uint32_t green_bit_position;
+-  uint32_t blue_bit_position;
+-  uint32_t alpha_bit_position;
+-
+-  uint32_t bits_for_red;
+-  uint32_t bits_for_green;
+-  uint32_t bits_for_blue;
+-  uint32_t bits_for_alpha;
+-
+-  int32_t dither_red;
+-  int32_t dither_green;
+-  int32_t dither_blue;
+-
+-  unsigned int bytes_per_pixel;
+-  unsigned int row_stride;
+-
+-  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area;
+-  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area_to_flush;
+-
+-  void (*flush)(ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
+-
+-  int pause_count;
+-};
+-
+ static bool ply_frame_buffer_open_device (ply_frame_buffer_t  *buffer);
+ static void ply_frame_buffer_close_device (ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
+ static bool ply_frame_buffer_query_device (ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
+diff -urN plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.h plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.h
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.h	2009-02-19 17:35:54.000000000 +0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.h	2009-06-13 17:31:42.000000000 +0800
+@@ -38,6 +38,41 @@
+   unsigned long height;
+ };
+ 
++struct _ply_frame_buffer
++{
++  char *device_name;
++  int   device_fd;
++
++  char *map_address;
++  size_t size;
++
++  uint32_t *shadow_buffer;
++
++  uint32_t red_bit_position;
++  uint32_t green_bit_position;
++  uint32_t blue_bit_position;
++  uint32_t alpha_bit_position;
++
++  uint32_t bits_for_red;
++  uint32_t bits_for_green;
++  uint32_t bits_for_blue;
++  uint32_t bits_for_alpha;
++
++  int32_t dither_red;
++  int32_t dither_green;
++  int32_t dither_blue;
++
++  unsigned int bytes_per_pixel;
++  unsigned int row_stride;
++
++  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area;
++  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area_to_flush;
++
++  void (*flush)(ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
++
++  int pause_count;
++};
++
+ #define PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_COLOR_TO_PIXEL_VALUE(r,g,b,a)                        \
+     (((uint8_t) (CLAMP (a * 255.0, 0.0, 255.0)) << 24)                        \
+       | ((uint8_t) (CLAMP (r * 255.0, 0.0, 255.0)) << 16)                     \
+diff -urN plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-image.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c	2009-02-19 19:16:36.000000000 +0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-image.c	2009-06-13 17:42:52.000000000 +0800
+@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
+ #include <png.h>
+ 
+ #include <linux/fb.h>
++#include "ply-frame-buffer.h"
+ 
+ #define MIN(a,b) ((a) <= (b)? (a) : (b))
+ #define MAX(a,b) ((a) >= (b)? (a) : (b))
+@@ -464,6 +465,8 @@
+       return exit_code;
+     }
+ 
++  image = ply_image_resize(image, buffer->area.width, buffer->area.height);
++
+   animate_at_time (buffer, image);
+ 
+   ply_frame_buffer_close (buffer);
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/splash/splash.png b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/splash/splash.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c86ae06a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/splash/splash.png differ
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/url b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4557ad929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/plymouth-lite-0.6.0.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file