Filling the terminal isn't really a major issue though is it? Terminals do scroll after all
--- âLanie, Iâm going to print more printers. Lots more printers. One for everyone. Thatâs worth going to jail for. Thatâs worth anything.â - Printcrime by Cory Doctrow Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:28 AM, Chad Dougherty <c...@acm.org> wrote: > On 2016-11-19 16:43, Stuart Henderson wrote: > >> To even get to the point of reading motd, a new user is going to already >> need >> to have found documentation. >> > > I can think of several examples where that's not true. > > 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".. >> >> > You're right but I also don't think filling 2/3 of an 80x24 terminal with > bug reporting guidance is useful either. How about simply: > ''' > Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system. > > New users can type "help" for information about using the system. > > ''' > > I won't belabor the point the further. > > -- > -Chad
