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Idea #13396: Slackware style terminal-motd

Written by andylockran the 18 Sep 08 at 20:55. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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When you open up a terminal in slackware, you are greeted with a message of the day.. which can be pulled from the program fortune.
There is a quick and dirty hack to do this in ubuntu - but it'd be good to have a motd in the terminal, as a light-hearted way for users to the terminal not to get so scared of it. Humour would be a bonuse at this stage :)

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Written by andylockran the 18 Sep 08 at 20:55.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 19 Sep 08 at 00:03
Ubuntu already have a MOTD and it sucks. It is stored in /etc/motd

"The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law."

Eldmannen wrote on the 19 Sep 08 at 00:04
ACHTUNG!

ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!

DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.

IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.

ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

cyphax wrote on the 19 Sep 08 at 13:38
I like the MOTD's in Slackware. :)
So I'm for this. I really don't care about that "Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY"-warning at all, looks like pollution even if it's true: I don't need to read that every time really.

I would even like it if the MOTD's are somehow implented within the GUI somehow. A dialog that pops up every time you login wouldn't work but maybe there's a nice spot for them in the login window?

CydeSwype wrote on the 19 Sep 08 at 20:25
Linux Mint (derivative of Ubuntu) adds an option to enable Terminal MOTD on initial setup.

fester wrote on the 2 Oct 08 at 16:03
How about editing your .bashrc and add fortune at the end?
And saving the mods in /etc/skel/.bashrc ?
Works for me


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