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Remove the update notification from the motd: https://imgur.com/a/6SD97 https://imgur.com/a/6SD97 This message breaks boxes. I'd also like to see MariaDB in

• e12e 10y ago
  I know there's few better subjects for bikeshedding after vim vs emacs than "what should be in /etc/motd, /etc/issue and how should they interact with logins (ssh, console and xorg/gui)" - but how does this "break boxes"? I guess for consistency, as update-motd seems to be installed by default(?) and the motd is called in /etc/pam.d/login by default - xmotd or something similar should also be installed to make sure that everyone is pestered by the message of the day...?
  • riffic 10y ago
    In certain environments with um, less sophisticated administrators, this MOTD is taken as an imperative command to deploy an update to the operating system of a production service. Just one example of a broken box: https://askubuntu.com/questions/876510/booting-into-read-only-file-system https://askubuntu.com/questions/876510/booting-into-read-onl... The result of these in-place upgrades usually end up with the admin crying the rest of the night because they shot themselves in the foot.
    • e12e 10y ago
      Why would you want to remove such a valuable and effective sys.admin learning tool? ;-)