Animated SDDM-Theme and Splashscreen for Archlinux (KDE)

To build and install from source run sudo make install inside the cloned directory.

git clone https://github.com/higgsbosoncodes/Arch-Aurora-Borealis-Startscreen.git
cd Arch-Aurora-Borealis-Startscreen
sudo make install

You can also install this package from the AUR as arch-animated-startscreen.

Just run yay -S arch-animated-startscreen or pacaur -S arch-animated-startscreen.

To modify the SDDM-Theme edit arch-aurora-sddm/Main.qml and rebuild the package with make install.

Just edit the duration in millisecons which is here formatted bold and red to adjust the duration.

Main.qml Line 96 - 121:

 Image {
          z: 99
          anchors.top: background.top
          anchors.right: background.right
          id: blackBS
          anchors.fill: background
          source: "black.png"
          fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
          width: Screen.width
          height: Screen.height
          opacity: 1
          NumberAnimation on opacity { //FadeIn
              id: createAnimationBS
              from: 1
              to: 0
              duration: 600
              running: true
          }
          NumberAnimation on opacity { //FadeOut
              id: createAnimationBB
              from: 0
              to: 1
              duration: 600
              running: false
          }
      }

Main.qml Line 70 - 94:

 Image {
          z: 100
          anchors.top: background.top
          anchors.right: background.right
          id: toBeCreated
          anchors.fill: background
          source: "background.png"
          width: Screen.width
          height: Screen.height
          opacity: 0
          NumberAnimation on opacity { //FadeIn
              id: createAnimation
              from: 0
              to: 1
              duration: 1500
              running: false
          }
          NumberAnimation on opacity { //FadeOut
              id: bwdAnimation
              from: 1
              to: 0
              duration: 800
              running: false
          }
      }

To change the background replace background.png with your desired picture and rebuild the package with make install.

This Theme is based on Arch Space Splashscreen by Yankı Ekin Yüksel and darkness-of-arch-sddm by rootofarch.

To rezip the package after making changes just run make zipup.

If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to message me via e-mail.

You can optionally add music to the login screen. The preinstalled music is the background track of the Steam-game Besiege.