David Rysdam wrote: > I've been using Linux for 4-5 years, but I'm new to Debian as of this > weekend. Pretty cool so far (once I figured out the installation > system--different...and better!)
I've become quite spoiled by apt and friends ... and loving it!
> But I have some questions:
>
> 1) When I boot and the login screen comes up, the screen isn't cleared
> first...in fact, when I logout the screen isn't cleared either. This
> is annoying at best and a security problem at worst (who knows what
> you might have left on the screen when you logged out). How can I
> correct this?
To clear the screen when you logout, one way is to create the file
~/.bash_logout and put the command 'clear' into that file. The .bash_logout
is a list of commands that get executed when you logout. This is assuming
thatyou use bash as your shell. Other shells may well have something
analogous, but I do not know.
> 2) How can I figure out the "code name" for my distribution? I'm
> purposely not revealing what version number I have because I want to
> know how to *find out*--I don't want someone to just say "potato" or
> whatever.
cat /etc/debian_version
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