You probably already know how to customize the Ubuntu desktop. But what if you’re looking for a way to customize your Ubuntu splash screen? Want to tweak the logo of your chosen desktop environment? Here’s how to change the splash screen on older Ubuntu systems as well as PCs running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and later. How Changing the Splash Screen Has Changed Around the time of Ubuntu 10.04, tweaking the splash screen (that image that appears as the computer boots) meant editing the contents of /user/images/share/xsplash.