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cmr.Pent@gmail.com

2007-05-30, 7:12 am

I've been a Slackware user for some time, and I must say I really
liked those random quotes it showed me after login. Now I have
installed Debian Etch, and it annoys me with "*absolutely NO
WARRANTY*" disclaimers. It feels much worse then optimistic and funny
Slackware quotes.

How do I install this feature into Debian?

Andrey

Mumia W.

2007-05-30, 7:12 am

On 05/30/2007 02:52 AM, cmr.Pent@gmail.com wrote:
> I've been a Slackware user for some time, and I must say I really
> liked those random quotes it showed me after login. Now I have
> installed Debian Etch, and it annoys me with "*absolutely NO
> WARRANTY*" disclaimers. It feels much worse then optimistic and funny
> Slackware quotes.
>
> How do I install this feature into Debian?
>
> Andrey
>


Even though I'm a Debian user now, I took the alt.os.linux.slackware
fortunes (modquotes) and placed them into
/usr/local/share/fortunes/slackware.

Then I added something like this to my ~/.bash_profile:
fortune /usr/local/share/fortunes/slackware

These are real funny.

Even without installing modquote, you can install (using aptitude)
fortune-mod and use the fortunes in /usr/share/games/fortunes.


sk8r-365

2007-05-30, 1:14 pm

cmr.Pent@gmail.com said:
<snip>
> installed Debian Etch, and it annoys me with "*absolutely NO
> WARRANTY*" disclaimers. It feels much worse then optimistic and funny
> Slackware quotes.


Andrey, About that message; I don't care for it either. It's the
file /etc/motd.tail . I wipe out the text and leave the empty file
for the system to have available - it does look for that file.
Also, the text will be there until a reboot.
--
sk8r-365

http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
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