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Linux Easter Eggs

by mitchwainer on 9/20/13, 9:13 PM with 16 comments

  • by thex86 on 9/20/13, 9:50 PM

    Not to be a buzz kill, but how exactly are these "Linux" easter eggs? Do they constitute the typical definition of what an easter egg is?

  • by nilved on 9/20/13, 9:49 PM

    "Linux" is quite a misnomer here. None of these are actually in Linux.

  • by WizzleKake on 9/20/13, 10:14 PM

    Always wondered what sl was... now I know!

    $ sl

    The program 'sl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:

    sudo apt-get install sl

  • by mwcampbell on 9/20/13, 10:15 PM

    The Star Wars traceroute looks like an extravagant waste of IPv4 addresses. Am I missing something?

  • by Negitivefrags on 9/20/13, 9:58 PM

    sl is fun to install on a shared server.

    Even better when you hear "What the hell?" from across the room when someone else runs in to it.

    I'm going to turn on "Default insults" in sudo and hope for a similar result.

  • by kbar13 on 9/20/13, 10:01 PM

    Can I say content farm?

  • by kernelcurry on 9/20/13, 10:34 PM

    i am now going to include sl on every install i ever do for other people.

  • by phamilton on 9/20/13, 11:58 PM

    another favorite is gti

    On Mac OS X: brew install gti

  • by vezzy-fnord on 9/20/13, 10:48 PM

    I could forgive most of these, but really... doing a traceroute or Telnet session on a remote server that has been configured to act in a humorous manner is a "Linux" easter egg?