About splashes…
We’re baking in the splash when building Krita instead of having it an external file because, in the past, Linux distributions would change the splash screen for one with their own branding to “promote consistency”. OpenSUSE (capitalization random) was a good example of that.
For the people who absolutely can’t stand Kiki, we have the --no-splash commandline option – but I don’t think I’d accept a patch that would make the splash configurable or an external file.
When a tablet manufacturer wanted to bundle Krita with their tablets, they wanted to have their own build with their own splash. I would have been fine with it if it had funded development, but they wanted me to make their special builds for free…