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No ads in your MOTD

• neogodless 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motd_(Unix) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motd_(Unix) Never heard of MOTD before. I'll keep an eye out for it since I haven't encountered it yet (as a newb!) Presumably getting ads is pretty annoying!
  • ColanR 6y ago
    It is, and it's one of the more annoying MOTDs I've encountered. You won't see it unless you get rid of the login manager and login at the terminal. Or, use the server edition.
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    • jlgaddis 6y ago
      > You won't see it unless you get rid of the login manager and login at the terminal. Or, use the server edition. And even though you don't see it, it's still there -- on every Ubuntu install (by default) -- phoning home to Canonical (every 12 hours, if memory serves). (Some users may not mind, of course, but they certainly don't go out of their way to let you know about it beforehand, which is my major issue with it.)
      • neogodless 6y ago
        I had no idea this was a thing. Thanks for the details. Do you happen to have a link handy for more information? If not, I'll see what I can find scouring the internet!
        • jlgaddis 6y ago
          Here's an HN thread [0] from a few years ago regarding "advertising" in the MOTD, specifically, and Ubuntu's "dynamic" MOTD, generally. (I'm not sure if all of the hardware/system details were being sent back then, though.) The relevant "snippets" responsible for this behavior live in their own directory, /etc/update-motd.d/, if memory serves. That may not be exactly right -- perhaps unsuprisingly, I don't have an Ubuntu box handy -- but it should at least be close enough to help you find the actual directory. --- [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14662088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14662088
• fomine3 6y ago
  Ubuntu motd advertises that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has released, on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS machine! It's funny.