On 2016-11-19, Chad Dougherty <c...@acm.org> wrote: > I've been using OpenBSD since version 2.3 (pmax) and I've never felt > like the default motd instills in users the appropriate level of > confidence in the system. "What, I'm just logging in and they're > already telling me how to report and fix bugs? Bummer, man!" > > We can do better. TREMENDOUSLY better. motd has been reduced to > rubble, believe me.
To even get to the point of reading motd, a new user is going to already need to have found documentation. Filling 2/3 of an 80x24 terminal at login by default seems quite a lot especially when a lot of it says many of the same things mentioned by "help"..
