Earlier today someone in IRC chat room pointed out me an easter egg (hidden feature or message in a game or software or sound track) for Ubuntu Linux.
apt-get command easter egg
Open your terminal and type the command:
apt-get moo
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...aptitude command easter egg
Also try out following at a shell prompt:
aptitude -v moo
Output:
There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.
Now try one more time:
aptitude -vv moo
Output:
Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?
Heh, keep adding more v options to a command:
aptitude -vvv moo
aptitude -vvvvv moo
I'm sure there are more easter eggs. I'd love to read about more hidden features in the comments section below.
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you forgot “aptitude moo”
http://www.eeggs.com/tree/1134.html
These are awesome! :D
Did anyone get the reference in the aptitude command? The Easter egg it gives you refers to “The Little Prince”, where the narrator draws a snake eating an elephant, and all the grown-ups laugh at him because he asks them if they are scared of it. They say, “Why should we be afraid of a hat?”