On 1/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 January 2006 23:48, Kalle Vahlman wrote:
> > On 1/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I have a few suggestions I would like to raise that would possibly make
> > > GNOME more usable.
> > >
> > > 1.  Currently, the MOTD (Message of the Day) is not displayed upon
> > > logging into GNOME.  As Linux purports to be a networked, multi-user
> > > system, this needs to be amended.  A function for root to turn this on
> > > and off as required would be great.
> >
> > Add
> >
> >   zenity --info --text="`cat /etc/motd `"
> >
> > to user's session. Done. ;)
>
> Thanks for this answer. Do you think it should be activated by default, or
> have a graphical configuration in the longer term, though?

Not really, it would be very annoying to see it on every login on a
home system where it practically never changes.

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Kalle Vahlman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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