1.添加必要的Source List
用你自己喜欢的文本编辑器添加如下两行到 /etc/apt/sources.list

2.更新并安装usplash包

3.用文本编辑器修改/boot/grub/menu.lst

Splashy & Usplash both have a behavior that makes them less than desireable (to me anyway) and that is that they both go away before your login manager gets started so you have a splash screen but only up until a point, then it drops out, you're back to text mode for a few seconds and then your login manager starts. It looks totally ridiculous IMHO.
 
Perhaps a former Ubuntuer can answer me this question: Is usplash behavior the same on Ubuntu or does the usplash continue until your log in manager starts? Ideally a splash screen would not go away until your login manager is started. It should be seamless or it just looks unprofessional.
 
I still like bootsplash far better.  I know I know, splashy & usplash are in userspace while bootsplash requires a kernel patch and the jpg decoder runs in kernelspace which is less than ideal but it works and looks sooo much better. Additionally you still have a background image that the kernel messages scroll against even if you cancel the splash image.
 
Now the debian-edu-artwork-usplash image is…well….less than attractive.  I found some of the above info here which also includes documentation on how to make your own usplash images. I don't have an artistic bone in my body so I won't be doing any of that but perhaps someone else has the time/ambition to do so.
 
It would be nice to get some feedback on this since I mucked around for some time before getting it to work. Hopefully I did not forget any steps.