On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 06:30:39AM -0800, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 11:02:05AM +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 00:01, David Nusinow wrote: > > > how we fix issues in Debian, and issues do in fact get fixed. The rest > > > of us on the list know this, but somehow it escapes a lot of users. > > > Many users don't even know the BTS exists (I know this from personal > > > experience on #debian), and making them familiar with it is a part of > > > the transition from being a Linux user to being a Debian user. > > How a Debian Hint of the Day at the login prompt/on the [kgxwhatever]dm > > default screen? > That'd be great... another option for me to disable... Any > program that pops this infernal "hint" boxes up gets shutdown rather > quickly... Gets annoying and reminds me too much of Micro$haft and why I > don't use it... What if it's not a popped-up hint box, but just a part of the ?dm interface or MOTD on a login shell? I would think that would be a sufficiently non-intrusive default. It won't sit on top of anything or get in the way at all... Of course, it would have to be _implemented_. MOTD'd be easy; PAM_fortune or somesuch, if it doesn't already exist... (Isn't on my machine, anyway) -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 5th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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